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Unless we are willing to encourage our children to reconnect with and appreciate the natural world, we can't expect them to help protect and care for it.
We all live downstream
Environmentalism has failed.
We have become a force of nature.
You are what you do, not what you say.
It is not too late to take another path.
Love is the force that makes us fully human.
Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.
There are some things in the world we can't change.
Plastic bags are bad and for the most part unnecessary.
Geothermal can be a huge source of energy very quickly.
How you imagine the world determines how you live in it.
Fukushima is the most terrifying situation I can imagine.
Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.
More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.
Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere.
Come on Canada, it's time to kick our bad habits and get into shape!
Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.
Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days.
Even meeting Kyoto targets barely makes a dent in what we have to achieve.
The current economic system is fundamentally flawed and inevitably destructive.
All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.
Protecting the biosphere should be our highest priority or else we sicken and die.
We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.
We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets.
Canada, more than any nation, will be affected by rising sea levels from global warming.
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization.
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled.
We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.
A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.
Corporations are not people. They shouldn't be funding. They shouldn't be funding campaigns at all.
Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.
What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet.
Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.
Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.
Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.
Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.
When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.
Our identity includes our natural world, how we move through it, how we interact with it and how it sustains us.
Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.
Humanity is facing a challenge unlike any we've ever had to confront. We are in an unprecedented period of change.
Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.
The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.
