Cree Summer Quotes

Everything I do is the environment.

I'm an environmentalist; I recycle.

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 you don't have an ethic of conservation, you basically have a license to drive a Hummer through the Amazon.

I think it's important to watch out for our environment and to be careful.

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

If we intend to provide a better life, and a better world, for future generations, we can't ignore the quality of the environment we leave them.

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.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

I watch people throw aluminum cans in the trash, and I think of all the stories I've heard about the over-mining of aluminum, the erosion that happens, and the trees that fall down.

The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me.

What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

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.

I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young.

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

Since the early 1990s, I had been very worried about the state of the environment, and by the end of that decade, I realized I needed to do something about it.

I've always been concerned about the environment. Becoming a mother only intensified my concern. I became even more alarmed about what we are doing to the earth and what our children will inherit as a result.

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.

Even in America, people have said again and again that they would be willing to sacrifice for a cleaner environment.

The planet will adapt to anything. Maybe we should start to use the heart and the brain that we've been given to organize ourselves. Because if we keep screwing up things, we may be just passing by in the history of the planet.

Journey with me to a true commitment to our environment. Journey with me to the serenity of leaving to our children a planet in equilibrium.

I'm not going to be some kind of PC, tree-hugger.

I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.

You can't change the world; you can't fix the whole environment. But you can recycle. You can turn the water off when you're brushing your teeth. You can do small things.