If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

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.

If we want to move towards a low-polluting, sustainable society, we need to get consumers to think about their purchases.

A baby nursing at a mother's breast... is an undeniable affirmation of our rootedness in nature.

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.

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

My Prime Minister regards the economy as our highest priority and forgets that economics and ecology are derived from the same Greek word, oikos, meaning household or domain. Ecology is the study of home, while economics is its management. Ecologists try to define the conditions and principles that enable a species to survive and flourish. Yet in elevating the economy above those principles, we seem to think we are immune to the laws of nature. We have to put the ‘eco’ back into economics.