Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field. David R. Brower awareearthfield Change image and share on social
Perhaps most ridiculous of all is the suggestion that we 'keep' our radioactive garbage for the use of our descendants. This 'solution', I think, requires an immediate poll of the next 20,000 generations. David R. Brower 000descendantgarbage share on social
Apollo 13, as you may remember, gave us a reactor that is bubbling away right now somewhere in the Pacific. It's supposed to be bubbling away on the moon, but it's in the Pacific Ocean instead. David R. Brower apollobubblegive Change image and share on social
The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right. David R. Brower clubconservationfact share on social
Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the edges of drifting continents but how can they be sure the moving land masses will climb over the waste and not just push it forward? David R. Brower climbcontinentdeadly share on social
A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one. David R. Brower buildclubdeal Change image and share on social
I began working with the John Muir Institute and then started helping found Friends of the Earth organizations here and there in other countries. That pretty well brings us up to the present. David R. Brower beginbringcountry Change image and share on social
For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands. David R. Brower coldgrowhand Change image and share on social
We tried burying the waste at sea and the concrete cannisters that held it cracked open. David R. Brower burycannisterconcrete Change image and share on social
At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now. David R. Brower atomiccommitteeday share on social