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

Less than 10% of the fuel energy burned in automobiles is translated into forward motion of the vehicle and even then most of this energy is needed to move the vehicle itself, which typically weighs 20 times more than its passengers.

Pearl Harbor was the defining event in my life. It shaped who I am, and all of my hang-ups and my drives, I think, stem from that.

Aboriginal people are key because they have a different sense of where we belong and how we interact with nature.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

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.

But human borders mean nothing to air, water, windblown soil or seeds or migrating fish, birds or mammals.