We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

It is wonderful when you don't have the fear, and a lot of the time I don't ... I focus on what needs to be done instead.

It's very important to remain optimistic and to see the silver lining in everything you do. Because no matter how sometimes things look difficult, and look like there is no hope, there is always a small glimmering of silver lining that is in everything, and I always look for that, and hang on that, and before I know it, another day comes and is gone.

We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health.

Nobody in the world is completely dependent on another person, but we are all interdependent.

I definitely hope to relax when I get back hope. I will disappear into the forest and be rejuvenated by the beauty of the mountains.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.