Colin Beavan Quotes

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

Believe with all your heart that how you live your life makes a difference

We never know which of us will start the chain reaction. But one of us will.

We can all change the people around us by changing ourselves.

Environmentalism is not about the environment. It is about people. It is about a vision for a better life-for people.

The most radical political act there is is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is is to believe that, if I change, other people will follow suit.

If the pleasures we seek are not permanent, then how important are they?

Knowing how to live is not something we have to teach children. Knowing how to live is something we have to be careful not to take away from them.

All of our potentials for good are unlimited.

Do we work for and pay for all this convenience in order to live our lives, or do we live our lives in order to work for and pay for all this convenience?

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, food packaging makes up twenty percent of our solid waste nationwide.