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" Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom. "

" The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations. "

" We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous. "

" Corporations are economic entities or structures, and yet they're allowed to fund political candidates, and when those candidates are elected, guess who gets in the door first? It's corporations. "

" Scientists generally are really chicken about getting involved in some kind of dispute. As a broadcaster, I find it very difficult to urge them, if it is a controversial subject. They don't want to have science being portrayed badly. "

" The future doesn't exist. The only thing that exists is now and our memory of what happened in the past. But because we invented the idea of a future, we're the only animal that realized we can affect the future by what we do today. "

" The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases. "

Social Responsibility

" Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don't always reflect or act on that knowledge. "

" What we are doing is, rather than living on the interest of our basic biological capital, we're using up our capital, so we're dipping into our capital. We're using up what should be our children's and grandchildren's legacy. "

" Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing, forests logged, wild rivers dammed and minerals extracted. As the Global Witness study reveals, citizens are often killed, too - especially if they're poor and indigenous. "

" Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts. "

" If America wants to retain its position as a global power, its president must listen to the people and show strong leadership at this turning point in human history. "

" I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive. "

" This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't. "

" Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.' "

Make A Difference

" Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas. "

" One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child. "

" Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. "

" Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo. "

" My childhood memories include a time when the government confiscated my family's possessions and exiled us to a camp in the B.C. Interior, just because my grandparents were from Japan. "

" The damage that climate change is causing and that will get worse if we fail to act goes beyond the hundreds of thousands of lives, homes and businesses lost, ecosystems destroyed, species driven to extinction, infrastructure smashed and people inconvenienced. "

" If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. "

" If you're not being pessimistic, you're not being very realistic. But I think one must always have hope, and when you have children, of course, you have no choice but to work your tail off to try and protect the future for your children. And that is infused by hope in the end. "

" What about our children and grandchildren and their children and grandchildren? Do we not want them to live healthy and happy lives? "

" Exxon, one of the companies that has spent tens of millions of dollars denying climate change, denying any responsibility to deal with, taking government subsidies on a massive scale, now their ads are all about, 'Oh, we want a clean future. We're looking at clean energy and all that stuff.' "

" All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident. "

" Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again. "

" I read in 'Life' magazine that Asians had developed an operation to enlarge eyes, and I yearned to have this done. I wanted to dye my hair brown and to anglicize my name. Self-hate was the most terrible cost of the war years for me. "

" If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts. "

" We have much to learn by studying nature and taking the time to tease out its secrets. "