Eco-Consciousness Quotes

I myself did not officially become organic until 1997, although I was always hopeless at using chemicals.

People don't realize that being eco-friendly doesn't require radical changes. It's not an all-or-nothing thing. Really, it's about very simple, little changes you can make. You can still be into fashion, care about what your skin looks like, or think about what bag you're going to carry that day. You just learn to incorporate better choices.

When I'm working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles be used. When I'm playing with my band, we all use metal and non-plastic containers for drinking to be ecologically sensitive and show others that this is the way to go.

I'm adamant about recycling in my house, and I'm always making sure to turn off the lights.

Maybe I should drive a hybrid. I do have a shirt that says, 'Go Green.'

I choose to lead an eco-friendly life as a New Year resolution. Global Warming is a reality. It has to be collective effort.

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment.

I think there is a way to do things right to tread lightly on the world

I don't know how you can live on the planet and not care about the environment. It's our globe, we share it.

The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.

I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself.

I work with nature, although in completely new terms.

In Los Angeles, I drive a hybrid and live in a very simple home. Anything you do from carrying a canteen of water to starting a recycling program in your office makes a difference. Reusing what you already have has always been green - from clothes to boxes to glass jars from the supermarket.

In Buddhism, we talk of meditation as an act of awakening, to be awake to the fact that the earth is in danger and living species are in danger.

Oklahomans care about the environment and the state in which we live.

I don't need to make money destroying my environment. Why don't I just love it and figure out a way to be more sustainable?

My daughter's just going to be really hip! My goal is to be as eco-conscious as possible: There's so much out there for parents who want to do that. I plan to keep her eco-friendly as she gets older. I think we all sort of have to do it.

Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.

I try to conserve water and avoid plastic as much as I can.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

I'm pretty much your average, energy-saving-light-bulbs-recycling citizen.

As an elder of the Americas and of the rest of the planet, it is my responsibility to care for and protect, to the best of my ability, the young.

I'm interested in humor, and greeting cards just happen to be a perfect medium for my message. They're accessible to everyone, and thanks to all the advances that have been made by environmentally conscientious printers, I can get my message across while keeping my carbon footprint relatively small.

All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water faucet off when you're brushing your teeth from afar. Or to compost. Or to buy 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper. Or to utilize vintage stores and secondhand markets. Or to fully devote yourself to only buying vegetables from local sources. It is remarkably easy to incorporate sustainable choices into our everyday, busy lives.

I've always had an eye for nature, but it's the sort of thing to keep quiet about, because I don't want to come across as a mad hippy. But it makes sense to appreciate those things.