When you know who you are you are free.

We think that diamonds are very important, gold is very important, all these minerals are very important. We call them precious minerals, but they are all forms of the soil. But that part of this mineral that is on top, like it is the skin of the earth, that is the most precious of the commons.

We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own - indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder. This will happen if we see the need to revive our sense of belonging to a larger family of life, with which we have shared our evolutionary process.

Resources on the planet are limited, and limited resources can come to an end. But there are also a lot of resources that are renewable. A lot of land, for example, can be reclaimed from the encroaching deserts.

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.