The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

We need the sea. We need a place to stand and touch and listen - to feel the pusle of the world as the surf rolls in.

Bring diversity back to agriculture. That's what made it work in the first place.

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living.

Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.

For how many people do you think might yet stand on this planet before the sun grows cold? That's the responsibility we hold in our hands.

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and an equipment problem.