One of the best things that came out of the Carter administration was the energy policy. The best things in it were renewable energy.

We're all pretty individualistic.

I dont remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.

Where nature is concerned, familiarity breeds love and knowledge, not contempt.

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.

Cherish sunsets, wild creatures, and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth!

For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of the value revolution that dominates the new age of ecology than most writers could pack into a volume twice as long. I marvel at his capacity to listen intently and extract the essence of a man and his philosophy in the fewest possible words.