Laurie David
Environmental communicators are too cautious. I throw caution to the wind.Collection: Environmental
So many people dread Thanksgiving because they find it traumatic or uncomfortable. My suggestion is to come with a couple of great questions for the table.Collection: Thanksgiving
That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.Collection: Environmental
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
The topic of global warming is so heavy that sometimes the only way you can open people's eyes is by greeting them with levity and self-deprecation first.
They are very different in terms of the solution. Where 'An Inconvenient Truth,' you really need countries to cooperate and sacrifice and figure out a solution, with 'Fed Up' you can leave the theater and you can be empowered that very night by cooking dinner in your very own kitchen.
There was no social media really when 'Inconvenient Truth' came out. I wish we had Twitter and the power of that to help get the word out.
We're all environmentalists. People feel like, 'Well, if I drive an SUV, I guess I can't be someone who works on global warming issues,' and you can. You can! If you drive an SUV, you're still an environmentalist.
Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.
I'm encouraged by what I'm seeing happening with more and more CEOs stepping up, saying, 'I have to fight carbon emissions.'
I could spend my life focusing on getting rid of straws in our society.
I have my own career. I'm an environmentalist.
When I was a little kid - and I don't know why - I was obsessed with littering. I'd yell at people in their cars if I saw someone throw paper or a cup out of their window.
I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.
Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.
It's one thing to have ice cream once in a while with your family, and quite another to eat foods on a regular basis that you don't even know are full of sugar.
We are all victims of the marketing that says cooking is hard and takes too long, but that's simply not true. Scrambled eggs take five minutes to make.
By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.
Dealing with politicians, that's a little different. But government doesn't change until people demand it.
Once people learn what global warming means, they start to pay attention.
Everyone has a right to speak out.
Scientists speak a certain language. Now there are regular extreme weather reports on the news. Hurricane Katrina was a huge connect-the-dot moment for a lot of people.
Offshore drilling is not the answer, it is not going to get us anything.
The fact that this is what John McCain is suggesting - more offshore drilling and more nuclear power plants? I don't think so. Not even close. Not even in the ballpark of what we need.
If you care about the health of the planet, you have to care about the health of its people, and if you really go deeper, it starts with the community of your family.
It takes so much courage to get out of a marriage.
You can love someone and not be able to live together.
I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.
Vote for candidates who care about these issues, and hold these candidates accountable. I don't care what party; I'm past that point. I care whether they are concerned about the energy security of this country.
When you go to pick your kids up from school, cars are lined up idling for anywhere from five to 20 minutes. Starting a 'no idling' rule in your school carpool lane could have a huge impact.
I got to talk about global warming on the No. 1 soap opera in the country.
Celebrities who lend their names to causes to raise lot of money for important issues should be admired and not marginalized and made fun of.
I have taken advantage of my husband, to the extent that I even got HBO to do a documentary with me.
Exercise is essential for good health. But we can't exercise our way out of the obesity epidemic.
You don't necessarily know you're consuming sugar when you're using store-bought salad dressing, or store-bought tomato sauce, or healthy granola bars. It's added to all these foods.
Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.
If you can't buy a hybrid car, your first question should be, 'What is the fuel economy of this car?'
For a guy who spends endless hours on a golf course, it's best not to have a wife waiting for you at home.
History will judge Senator Inhofe. You know he has a lot or responsibility on his hands for keeping any kind of movement and serious, meaningful action on global warming happening in the Congress.
And by the way, the United States is the biggest cause in global warming pollution. And we're doing the least about it. I find that personally embarrassing.
Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don't wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it.
A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.
I want everyone else to become a global warming activist so it's not all on my shoulders.
Fear of failure, what is that? It would never occur to me.
Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn't do it. But the truth is, I'm not perfect.
It would be very difficult for me to stay in a marriage with a Republican at this point. Not that there's anything wrong with Republicans, but I happen to be a Democrat.
And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.
If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It's all important.
I'm becoming more of a religious person actually as I get older, which I think is not an unusual phenomenon.
Growing up, I didn't have great family dinners. We sat down every night, and my mother cooked food, but it was always about who was going to leave the table crying first.