Kevin Richardson Quotes

It's great that we can, however subtly, offer important lessons through cartoons that it's important to protect the environment.

'Being green' is commendable, but I hope that people don't take too much pride and self-adoration because they shut off the water when they brushed their teeth. The truth of the matter is, conservation alone will do little to save our planet.

I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.

Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.

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

Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have to stop waste, and if you travel for no reason whatsoever, that is a waste.

I'd like to continue to spread my message on conservation and make sure my dad's message - his legacy - lives on.

We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all.

With today's mass media obsession, it's good to be able to raise awareness about our environment.

I have great respect for people who live out their beliefs. For example, Ed Begley Jr. is an environmentalist, but he really lives his lives, and is he very prudent in the way he lives. He's cautious. He's not like an Al Gore that flies around in a private jet and burns 20,000 gallons a day on his jet.

Awareness is key. In the absence of information, none of us know what is happening and what could be jeopardizing our health, our water supply, and our planet.

The best thing we can do to save the planet is set a good example for our kids at home.

We survived on natural resources, so we should take care of the earth. When I leave home, I do things like switching off the heat and lights.

I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.

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?

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.

We love our planet Earth. We should - it is our home, and there's no place like home. There can't ever be a better place than Earth.

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

I support the Surfrider Foundation, which is focused on protecting the oceans and beaches. I also recycle and use mass transit, ride my bike as often as I can, or I walk, which is one of the best parts about living in New York City.

We must conserve our environment and pass it on to our children in as good or better condition than it was passed to us.