The Vanishing Face of Gaia Quotes

“We are the intelligent elite among animal life on earth and whatever our mistakes, [Earth] needs us. This may seem an odd statement after all that I have said about the way 20th century humans became almost a planetary disease organism. But it has taken [Earth] 2.5 billion years to evolve an animal that can think and communicate its thoughts. If we become extinct she has little chance of evolving another.”
― James Lovelock, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

“mistakes subject to so discerning and public a post‐mortem as weather forecasters.”
― James E. Lovelock, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning

“the IPCC now spoke comfortably of consensus and endorsed those mysterious concepts of sustainability and energy that renewed itself. We even thought that this way somehow we could save the planet and grow richer as well, a more pleasing outcome than the uncomfortable truth.”
― James E. Lovelock, The Vanishing Face of Gaia: A Final Warning