Van Jones Quotes

Saving the world happens one person at a time. Be at the front of the queue. Each one of us has to work hard to achieve our collective dream for a healthier planet.

Safeguarding our common home is not only essential to protecting endangered species and preserving old-growth forests, it is also paramount to ending poverty, fighting injustice, and protecting the long-term survival of humankind and of our faith.

The task for us now, if we are to survive, is to build the earth.

Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions. It has become a common cause of all the people of this country. It is a cause of particular concern to young Americans, because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now if we are to prevent disaster later.

Tackling climate change is a collective endeavour, it means collective accountability and it's not too late

We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together.

We'll never get there if we let the climate crisis bloom unchecked, so for the moment the key is to organize, organize, organize!

We are all passengers aboard one ship, the Earth, and we must not allow it to be wrecked. There will be no second Noah's Ark.

We will succeed, because we are fully committed, because, wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.

I still think we are smart enough to not destroy planet Earth, our only home.

Here we are, arguably the most intelligent being that's ever walked planet Earth, with this extraordinary brain ... and yet we're destroying the only home we have.

If something's going wrong with this planet we'd better fix it here and not look for some sort of escape.

Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity... We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.

The best thing you can do for the planet is to stay home.

Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.

To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.

The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need, more are being developed.... But we should not wait, we cannot wait, we must not wait.

If there is a world here in a hundred years, it's going to be saved by tens of millions of little things.

It's a very important issue to me, trying to wake people up to the fact that we'd better take better care of our planet.

Climate change is real. In order to alter this reality, we need all hands on deck.

People forget: solar panels don't put themselves up. Wind turbines don't manufacture themselves. Businesses don't retrofit themselves to waste less energy and water, nor do homes weatherize themselves.

It's up to us to save the world for tomorrow: it's up to you and me.

The planting of trees is the least self-centered of all that we can do. It is a purer act of faith than the procreation of children.

I would remind people on the planet that this is the only one we have, and we need to take care of it.

Most of what I know about environmental conservation I learned from my father, who has been a leader within the movement for over 30 years.