QUOTES
As
a people, we value family, education and success. Hunger is an enemy to all three.
Scientific studies have demonstrated that even brief periods of hunger can permanently
inhibit a child's mental, emotional and physical growth. Kids who are hungry do
poorly in school and are unlikely to grow into productive adults. For families,
experiencing hunger means living in a world of isolation and shame. Caring citizens
must put an end to this disgrace.
To
the naked eye, our oceans are beautiful. But scientists tell us that all of the
world's fisheries will collapse by 2048, unless we change how we manage them.
Help protect our oceans so the next generation can also enjoy their bounty.
Address
these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And
we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.
How
much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's
the individual question.
I
don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully
do you play it.
I
feel very strongly that you can't just beat people up anymore; you have to work
hand in hand and find ways to compromise, and get big business involved, because
it won't happen otherwise.
the
difference for me is between being victimized, terrorized, numbed by reading about
different disasters, or reducing the anxiety by getting up and doing something
about it, at whatever level.
If
you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll
start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your
body and your psyche.
The
planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as
we've known it, is what's questionable.
We
are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone
cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
We
are so arrogant, we forget that we are not the reason for evolution, we are not
the point of evolution. We are part of evolution. Unfortunately, we believe that
we've been created to dominate the planet, to dominate nature. Ain't true.
We
need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because
you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated
and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
Years
ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and
all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be
legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
You
have to work with the auto industry, the oil companies, you have to work to develop
renewable fuel, whether it's solar or different kinds of fuel or whatever.
