Many scientists and economists also say putting a price on carbon through carbon taxes and/or cap-and-trade is necessary.

Ultimately we need to recognize that while humans continue to build urban landscapes, we share these spaces with others species.

From year to year, environmental changes are incremental and often barely register in our lives, but from evolutionary or geological perspectives, what is happening is explosive change.

You are what you do, not what you say.

Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.

Perhaps the whole world is actually a banquet, to which every living thing is invited. First you come as guests: then eventually you're on the menu.

Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and shifting from fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy sources.