Penny Lancaster Quotes

Earth Day should encourage us to reflect on what we are doing to make our planet a more sustainable and livable place.

We take immense care of our homes, maintain them, and try to make them more beautiful and comfortable for ourselves. Do we not consider our planet to be our home?

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment, and how easy it is to fix some of those things.

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?

In Los Angeles, I drive a hybrid and live in a very simple home. Anything you do from carrying a canteen of water to starting a recycling program in your office makes a difference. Reusing what you already have has always been green - from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket.

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.

I'm pretty much your average, energy-saving-light-bulbs-recycling citizen.

God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.

I am involved in Greenpeace. And I just recently completely switched my diet over to near-veganism. So you try to do little things that you can. I recycle every single day. Every single thing in my house that can be recycled is.

My environment is important to me. I'd rather give up other things in my life - I might not take vacations or spend a lot of money on clothes - so that I can live in a home I feel really good about.

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

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.

I drive a Prius. I always turn my faucets off. I never use plastic bottles anymore. I use glass bottles. I bring my own bags to the grocery store. And I try to use all natural shampoos and facial products.

People are beginning to realize that we need to live in accordance with the law of ecology, the law of finite resources, and if we don't, we're going to go extinct.

Being green means preventing waste.

I'm adamant about recycling in my house, and I'm always making sure to turn off the lights.

I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.

Designers must be increasingly sensitive to our Earth's dwindling resources. It is our responsibility.

It's funny: being green to me was ingrained because my parents were always trying to save money, save water, turn off the lights, or arrange a carpool. I don't think my parents even know what it means to be green, but they were.

I've got five kids. I want them to have a cleaner environment.

I try to be eco-friendly in every possible way.

We gotta leave a better planet for our kids. And I would say we gotta leave better kids for our planet as well.

I worry about the environment. I'm very aware of what I eat, for example.

Good stewardship of the environment and our natural resources is necessary.