Howard T. Odum quotes

Published: June 10, 2007, 11:31 am

Updated: June 10, 2007, 11:31 am

Lead Author: Cutler Cleveland

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This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Ida Kubiszewski

This is a part of the Howard T. Odum Collection

"I have played many roles sometimes with the majority, but more often attempting to shock the scientific establishment into a better view."

~ Comments and thanks to Students and Associates, Handout on the Occasion of the Celebration in Chapel Hill, N.C. "Advances in Understanding Ecological Systems", August 31-September, 2 (1989)

"A whole generation of citizens thought that the carrying capacity of the earth was proportional to the amount of land under cultivation and that higher efficiencies in using the energy of the sun had arrived. This is a sad hoax, for industrial man no longe eats potatoes made from solar energy, now he eats potatoes partly made of oil."

~ Environment, Power and Society (1971)

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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Ida Kubiszewski (Topic Editor) "Howard T. Odum quotes". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth June 10, 2007; Last revised Date June 10, 2007; Retrieved February 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Howard_T._Odum_quotes>

The Author

Editor-in-Chief The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)

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