Ian Bremmer Quotes

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

Everything I do is the environment.

I gone on for years about the importance of thinking about the long term in relation to the environmental damage, climate change, and everything else because we don’t want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren and I do not want to be confronted by my future grandchild saying, “Well why didn’t you do something?”

I think the environmental movement is the biggest people's movement in the world. Unfortunately, our governments and corporations haven't responded accordingly to protect our planet's natural resources.

When we speak about climate change, you're a victim of something ... which is happening with deep roots where you don't have - anything to deal with. And people just want to choose a life. That's very much important. And I think one of the key elements of the collective battle we have today, in order to fight against climate change is to provide people the ability to choose a life. To have a better life by behaving differently, by innovating, by creating new type of companies and startups, new type of activities.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

Wouldn't it help Americans more, in the long run, if we were forced to accept some responsibility for the environmental wreckage we prefer to assume is totally out of our control?

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

One of the most important lessons we can glean from the environmental movement is to 'think globally and act locally.'

I see myself as a climber and an activist.

It's no secret - if you know me, have ever met me or have shared a meal with me - that I'm a passionate environmentalist.

If we do not permit the earth to produce beauty and joy, it will in the end not produce food, either.

I have lived the American dream in every aspect, and now I hope to make a very big impact in helping the planet.

Everyone is slowly catching on to this one - and I know everyone says this - but we need to make a little more effort with the environment. Everyone says they turn off their lights, but do they really?

I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.

I'm a little different from all those conservation types.

I have a major respect for nature. I'm an environmentalist.

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

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

Real environmental change depends on us. We can't wait for our leaders. We have to focus on what our own responsibilities are and how we can make the change happen.

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

I think for me, at the end of the day, just because of who I am, my priority is the biosphere. That seems to be, for me, where I've ended up, and I've been there pretty consistently since I was a teenager.

We all have an obligation to pass on a better environment to our kids.

We only have one earth. Let's take care of it.

I don't want to pretend that I am a little David Suzuki, because I am not. I'm really different. I have different issues. I'm more interested in the social aspect of environmental issues.