I think people are losing that sense of security pretty fast, frankly.

We're dealing with a crisis of inequality, of joblessness, of underemployment.

Once you feel the desire to engage, think about what you're good at and what you can contribute. It's about breaking down the idea that there are activists and ordinary people.

Catastrophic damage from climate-driven extreme weather is now an annual reality. The cost of not dealing with it will be much greater than if we try to pre-empt some of those disaster cleanups by actually investing in the shift now.

I'm really changed by my research. This book ["This Changes Everything" ]is very different from what I set out to write.

The thing that our system is designed to do is keep us alone and isolated in our little consumer bubble. And the most revolutionary act of all might be finding a community of like-minded people where you can talk about these issues and figure out what to do together.

I personally feel very strongly that what it will take is not more disasters, it's that what it will take is a vision of the future that is better than our present.