It's been encouraging to hear the pope talking about climate change and take it away from being a political issue to being one of survival.

I hate Christmas, really. I don't really give presents away or expect any.

Acknowledgement: Understanding and compassion for others and their suffering is the next step. Put yourself in the shoes of people who don't have the luxury of being wasteful.

You have to move to your own beat. There will be times when no one believes in you or understands what you're doing and why you are doing it. The most important thing is for you to believe in you. Following your own vision is one of the only things that will sustain you.

With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

Donate time, food, or money to organizations that fight the good fight. We can act individually for the collective good. We can all do something.

You can't improvise if you are tense. Or thinking too much. You have to really let it go.