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

We no longer see the world as a single entity. We've moved to cities and we think the economy is what gives us our life, that if the economy is strong we can afford garbage collection and sewage disposal and fresh food and water and electricity. We go through life thinking that money is the key to having whatever we want, without regard to what it does to the rest of the world.

Our planet has not seen an extinction crisis as serious as the one in progress for 65 million years.

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

Any scientist who tells you they know that GMOs are safe and not to worry about it, is either ignorant of the history of science or is deliberately lying. Nobody knows what the long-term effect will be.

The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.

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.