Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

I've always been more interested in organisms that can move on their own than in stationary plants. But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they do it?

We now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.

Conventional economics is a form of brain damage.

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

Salmon farming-the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish-was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has expanded to Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Chile, but is dominated by the same multinational corporations. Wherever it is practiced, net-cage salmon farming is controversial and raises serious environmental concerns.

Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.