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" Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary. "

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" Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000 boat people in Vietnam in the 1970s, I was particularly proud to be Canadian. "

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

" It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. "

" Corporations are not people. They shouldn't be funding. They shouldn't be funding campaigns at all. "

" 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

" As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside. "

" Feeding our energy appetite is top of mind for many people these days. "

" Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth. "

" For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority. "

" Faced with the evidence, many deniers have started to admit that global warming is real, but argue that humans have little or nothing to do with it. "

" Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism. "

" 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. "

" Our most fundamental social need, it turns out, to my amazement, is love. Now, I'm not a hippie-dippie whatever. If you look at the literature, our most fundamental need for children is an environment of maximum love, and that they can be hugged, kissed, and loved. That's what humanises us and allows us to realise our whole dimension. "

" My parents survived the Great Depression and brought me up to live within my means, save some for tomorrow, share and don't be greedy, work hard for the necessities in life knowing that money does not make you better or more important than anyone else. So, extravagance has been bred out of my DNA. "

" 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. "

" From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change. "

" Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade. "

" 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. "

" We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options. "

" Geothermal can be a huge source of energy very quickly. "

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

Social Responsibility

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things. "

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

" Rapid population growth and technological innovation, combined with our lack of understanding about how the natural systems of which we are a part work, have created a mess. "

" Environmentalism is a way of seeing our place within the biosphere. "

" When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house. "

" We humans have become dependent on plastic for a range of uses, from packaging to products. Reducing our use of plastic bags is an easy place to start getting our addiction under control. "