Tom Douglas Quotes

When I buy something from Raven & Lily, I know that it is good, it is not harming anything, and the people making it are being helped.

I'm very much about the environment, I'm very much about health, about being able to, at the very least, eat organic, whole foods that are healthy for us. And then, of course, everyone being able to eat and at least have a humane way to live. There's enough for everybody, but unfortunately, there's a lot of greed and a lot of ego.

In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.

I had just gotten to the point when I could have bought any car I wanted to in America. I even looked at a Hummer. But one day I woke up and realized, how can I talk the talk without walking the walk? If you can feel good about not contributing to global change, then all the power to you, but I couldn't.

International consumers can rest assured that their quinoa purchases have benefited some of Latin America's poorest people, together with their families.

He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

I can tell you what I am working on, which is being more cognizant of my actions and how they affect others, most I will never meet. I've begun with my purchases. I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth. It's caring a little more beyond myself. And I think it may be our only hope - and it feels much better to my soul, which in the end may be all we have.

When you look at farmers and ranchers, for example, they are our first environmentalists. They are our first conservationists. When you look at the greatest asset that they have, it is their land. They care about the water that they drink. They care about the air that they breathe. We should see them as partners, not adversaries.

With the observable fact that scientific knowledge makes our lives better when applied with concern for human welfare and environmental protection, there is no question that science and technology can produce abundance so that no one has to go without.

I love nature. I'm not going to do anything to detract from it.

We want to ensure that food is traded better, farmers get a better price, and consumers are able to access it at affordable prices.

The Kitchen, which my wife and I opened with our friend and amazing chef Hugo Matheson, was quickly recognized as the pioneer in 'green' restaurants across the country.

I've learned so much about what you can do to help animals, the environmental issues around meat production.

When you care about something, that's when you want to save it. I want to bring that to storytelling - to make saving the world sexy.

Your money is power, so be aware of the products you're buying and the companies you're supporting to make sure you're helping the companies that are leading the way in sustainability.

We started Marley Coffee from a farm perspective, and ever since, we've been doing things in a sustainable way and organically.

God put the human race in charge of managing the resources of the entire planet for the benefit of all life. Therefore, we, of all people on this planet, should be concerned about environmental issues and doing what we can to enhance the beauty and productivity of the natural realm.

Growing up Marley, we wanted anything we put our hands on to be beneficial to the environment and the community.

I get these students who come in and say, I want to help people. I say, people get plenty of help. Why don't you help the planet?

We can no longer pretend that business is immune from the rising tide of environmental or social challenges or that companies can create value in isolation from the communities of which they are a part.

Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.

Celebrate Earth Day every day.

You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't.

It is not an investment if it destroys the planet