Nous n'héritons pas de la terre de nos ancêtres,
nous l'empruntons à nos enfants.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

The earth does not belong to man ; man belongs to the earth. This we know.
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.
Whatever he does to the web he does to himself.
(Chief Seattle, Suquamish, USA)