“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“I think the environmental movement has failed in that it’s used the stick too much; it’s used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn’t sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out.”
— Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky: Manufactured landscapes
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“We look at our two largest [oil] suppliers, Saudi Arabia and now Canada, with its dirty oil. Together they only form about 15 years of supply. The whole world, at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves, only gives us about 45 years.”
— Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky photographs the landscape of oil
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