"Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
-- Ancient Native American proverb
"Only after the last tree is cut down, the last of the water poisoned, the last animal destroyed… Only then will you realize you cannot eat money."
-- Cree Indian prophecy
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives."
