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But tolerance by itself can be a cover for moral laziness.
I think we need to go straight at the fossil fuel industry.
I became an ecologist long before I had ever heard the word.
The wild places are where we began. When they end, so do we.
We cannot go on fiddling while the earth's wild places burn.
TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.
All technology should be assumed guilty until proven innocent
Climate change is a huge problem, an almost insoluble problem.
We are the only species on this planet without full employment.
The way before you is being prepared, so that you may stand up!
Let the mountains talk, let the river run. Once more, and forever.
For all my life I have had a deep connection to the natural world.
Environmentalism, I'd always been told, was just rich white people.
Politicians in Canada should not put their religion on their sleeve.
There is no polite way to say that business is destroying the world.
I think [George W.] Bush has done nothing right about global warming.
Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.
Have fun saving the world, or you are just going to depress yourself.
It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.
It is really your behaviour that determines whether you're a patriot.
Business is destroying the world, with flair, expertise, and panache.
Katrina opened a good door and Al Gore went through it with his movie.
Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.
Every single national park had some component of private philanthropy.
I think the majority of politicians keep their positions for too long.
The self-owned and -operated business is the freest life in the world.
Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive.
The human race could go extinct and I for one would not shed any tears.
There are many ways to salvation, and one of them is to follow a river.
Humankind's greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world.
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer.
Working for the earth is not a way to get rich, it is a way to be rich.
Farmers' markets are one of my favourite sources for Christmas goodies.
The world is on fire, and I'm doing my best to help steer the firetruck.
Anyone can have a bad night and anyone can have a bad attempt at comedy.
Wrong is an addictive, repetitive story; Right is where the movement is.
Renewable energy is far more labor-intensive than fossil fuel production.
You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.
We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.
I'd rather fail at something important than succeed at something trivial.
We are the only species on the planet without full employment. Brilliant.
If it's wrong to wreck the planet, it's wrong to profit from the wreckage.
I ran for parliament in 1980 as an independent against Allan J. MacEachen.
I apologize that I made an attempt to be funny and edgy… and it didn't work.
Sometimes, I, anyway, get tired of playing defence, and like to play offence.
Humanity's greatest challenge may soon be just making it to the next harvest.
We couldn't outspend the fossil fuel industry - they have more money than God.
How much harm does a company have to do before we question its right to exist?
By themselves, they are not enough; we also need to engage in political action.
Being in business is not about making money. It is a way to become who you are.