You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.

There is a gyre of discarded floating plastic the size of the continental USA in the ocean. In it, plastic trash outweighs plankton 40 to 1.

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

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

Change is never easy, and it often creates discord, but when people come together for the good of humanity and the Earth, we can accomplish great things.

The human brain had a vast memory storage. It made us curious and very creative. Those were the characteristics that gave us an advantage - curiosity, creativity and memory. And that brain did something very special. It invented an idea called 'the future.'