Naomi Klein Quotes

Songs won't save the planet, but neither will books or speeches.

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

Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.

Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environment is a fashionable accessory, for DiCaprio it is a thread that runs through everything he does.

I'm on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation and am myself a big environmentalist. But the way to make the biggest difference is to change mainstream behavior.

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

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

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach.

Conservation is for guilty people on Park Avenue with poodles and Pekingeses.

To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

That's the big mistake the environmental movement made - 'We'll scare the hell out of you, and you'll become an activist'.

In 1970, as a 26 year-old, I joined in the effort in my home state of Massachusetts to organize for Earth Day. But what made the event so successful was that I was only one of about 20 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds who got involved.

It truly seems to me that there is some kind of shift happening towards ecological awareness - not just in terms of PR for the science.

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.

I believe the green movement is gaining momentum because people are becoming more educated about the real importance of living green.

We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.

I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.

We want to use the environment to shift the way our society works.

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

I don't believe in environmentalism as the solution to anything. What I believe is that environmentalism illuminates the things that need to be done to solve all of the problems together.

After 'Inconvenient Truth,' we hit a tipping point where almost everybody in America cares about the environment.

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.