Why is everything that's good for our bodies, our communities, our world, and our planet called the 'alternative'? That means everything bad for us is the accepted norm.

The question is not 'Can you make a difference?' You already do make a difference. It's just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make during your life on this planet.

It hurts to care the courage to care is the profoundest courage there is.

I also became a vegetarian when I was 14 because I realized eating animals was cruel.

For millennia the two-million acre redwood ecosystem thrived and sheltered myriad species of life. In the last 150 years, 97 percent of the original redwood forests have been destroyed by timber corporations. ... Big business cut-and-run logging operations have instilled a false dichotomy: jobs versus the environment.

I wake up in the morning asking myself what can I do today, how can I help the world today.

Every moment brings a choice every choice has an impact.

Tree sitting is a last resort. When you see someone sitting in a tree trying to protect it, you know that every level of our society has failed.

Those things of real worth in life are worth going to any length in love and respect to safeguard.