Losing Eden Quotes

“The return of migratory birds. The constellations of the sky. The shape of an oak leaf. The stripes of a badger. There is a soothing constancy to nature. And of course the transitory nature of the seasons – the changing trees, the behaviour of birds and animals, the turning of the globe, the cycle of life in one year – can also be a reminder that time passes and things heal.”
― Lucy Jones, Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

“Human rights' are meaningless if the ecosystems that sustain us do not have the legal right to exist.”
― Lucy Jones, Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

“The very thing that is causing our crisis - over-consumption - has become our palliative, to soothe away our anxieties about the damage we are doing to the world. Some people liken this to the vicious cycle of addiction. - Mary-Jayne Rust”
― Lucy Jones, Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild