And we have to acknowledge that change is inevitable. We can choose to make changes, or we can be subject to other changes

we cannot save the planet unless we significantly reduce our consumption of animal products.

In other words, it is about $200 cheaper per year to eat a healthy vegetarian diet than an unhealthy traditional diet. Not to mention the money saved by preventing diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and cancer—all associated with the consumption of animal products. So, no, it is not elitist to suggest that a cheaper, healthier, more environment

after only about two inhales, “the receptors in your nose sort of switch off.” Having decided that an odor isn’t threatening, we stop paying attention to it.

We dramatically overstate the role of science deniers, because it allows science acceptors to feel righteous without challenging us to act on the knowledge we accept.

Sadness and joy aren’t opposites of each other. They are each the opposite of indifference.

Parks was brave for being the hero of her story, but heroic for being one of its authors.

When researchers at the Worldwatch Institute accounted for emissions that the FAO overlooked, they estimated that livestock are responsible for 32,564 million tons of CO2e emissions per year, or 51 percent of annual global emissions—more than all cars, planes, buildings, power plants, and industry combined.

George H. W. Bush, a self-identified environmentalist,