Pollution Awareness Quotes

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.

The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.

When I was 16 years old, I went scuba diving in Greece and saw more plastic bags than fish. I wondered why we couldn't just clean it up. That rather simple question stuck in my head.

I live in Los Angeles, I know it exists. I know you're not supposed to taste air.

So many times I've photographed stories that show the degradation of the planet. I had one idea to go and photograph the factories that were polluting, and to see all the deposits of garbage. But, in the end, I thought the only way to give us an incentive, to bring hope, is to show the pictures of the pristine planet - to see the innocence.

There are already dozens of organizations working on trying to prevent plastic from going into the ocean, through advocacy, education, awareness, all great work, yet nobody was addressing the stock of existing pollution.

Often, a seemingly clear clean beach has a huge amount of hidden litter.

I watched a documentary called 'Plastic Oceans' on Netflix, and it was an eye-opener for me.

I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.