All humans have fear, and those of us who are fortunate have faith.

Environmentalists and clean energy champions should stop telling people that we are working for "sustainability," which nobody understands.

I think the most important thing is discovering an idea that moves you, and then letting people who are moved by that idea find each other, and work together. A lot of times people focus on the technical side-"oh, I've got to take a class on non-profit development." Too few people allow themselves to think outside the box with regard to their issue areas.

The boundless capacity of the African American spirit in this country to say Hallelujah anyhow, to use our joy as a weapon, to use our creativity as a weapon, to use our moral clarity and our deep experience as a weapon not just to save Black people but to save all of these people.

I am not, in fact, a superhero. Just a humble, mild-mannered civil rights attorney.

I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.

If we do nothing, the ensuing climate catastrophe will wreck our economy - including wreaking havoc on our food production systems. All credible scientists agree on this point.