I never had come up with a really profound and strong gesture - nothing like Julia Butterfly's. So I figured the best thing I could do was live by my beliefs. That's probably the most profound thing that anybody can do.

There are horses people use for competition, and if they don't perform well or go lame, then people ask the vet to put them down to get the insurance money. And my vet knows I love horses, so he gives them to me.

Anything you do sustainably feels so good that you're a full-on addict as soon as you try it. If you eat only vegetables and fruits that you grow yourself from your garden, or organic food, it tastes so much better and is so much better for you, you can't really go back.

I felt strong around and always been around people who have very strong environmental convictions.

My ideal is to wake up in the morning and run around the meadow naked.

I haven't been to a gas station in years. It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of war for oil.

People have to know that there are options available to us today. There is another way, and it is practical and applicable now.