Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

A book is like a single tree in a forest, in that it exists in conjunction with and because of a great many others around it.

Each of us has the ability to act powerfully for change; together we can restore that ancient and sustaining harmony.

Environmentalism isn't a discipline or specialty. It's a way of seeing our place in the world. And we need everybody to see the world that way. Don't think 'In order to make a difference I have to become an environmentalist.'

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

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.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.