Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, and the last river poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.

“Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, and the last river poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money.”

Material wealth is worthless if we destroy the natural world that sustains us.

— Traditional Canada Wisdom, Canada

Source: Commonly attributed to Cree (First Nations) oral tradition; exact origin and attribution are debated among scholars.