Without information, there can be no real understanding of the ramifications of our choices.

Being mad is activating. Being sad can lead to hopelessness. I'm not hopeless. I'm very hopeful.

It's incredibly disturbing to me that humans are disrupting pretty much every single living system on the planet.

I believe that it's vital for children and teens to be educated, to be given information to help them understand the impacts humans are having on our water, soil, and air.

Years ago, after I'd answered several questions from a group of teens, one of them asked how I could stay optimistic and keep on going. I answered that instead of getting sad, I get mad.

Money and stuff aren't what makes us happy. It's strong connections within families and friends, communities of people that truly care about one another.

We have spent the better part of the last fifty years being inundated by advertising, being told that we will be happier if we get more stuff. But that's been backfiring recently.