How to make our forests last (Berry)

July 9th, 2008  |  Published in Business, Ecology, Consumerism, Quotes  |  1 Comment

If we want our forests to last, then we must make wood products that last, for our forests are more threatened by shoddy workmanship than by clear-cutting or by fire.

—Wendell Berry, “Preserving Wilderness” in Home Economics (1986), p. 143.

Like what you see? Subscribe to the RSS feed.

Responses

  1. GeorgeT says:

    July 11th, 2008 at 12:42 am (#)

    Berry is infinitely quotable. Here’s one from a recent interview he did with Jeff Fearnside for The Sun magazine (NB: he does not mean Fearnside when he says “you”):

    “If you’ve lost the capacity to be outraged by what’s outrageous, you’re dead. Somebody ought to come and haul you off.”

Leave a Response