Ed Begley, Jr. Quotes
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To build a power plant and run lines to houses, to huts, to anything is a tremendous amount of work...how about...just giving them the service where they need it-on the roof of their hut.
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People don't want to change. It's hard for people to change and it's hard for businesses to change. If I was running an oil company, I would be resistant to change too.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for its sun as for its stars and its dirty air.
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It's something I passed on to my kids. They really love the earth because they've experienced it from the youngest age. They know where food comes from - it doesn't come from the Safeway bush or the Ralph's tree. It comes from the earth. And water and sunshine and nutrients. My children understand that because they've experienced it. I feel successful as a parent, having done that.
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By 1990 I went back to no gasoline; I was just riding around on my bike, taking the bus. I had a tiny little electric car that didn't go very far or very fast. People thought I'd lost my mind. Even my own family thought I'd lost my mind.
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For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.
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As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.
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We, who have so much, must do more to help those in need. And most of all, we must live simply, so that others may simply live.
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I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it.
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The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare.
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It's people wanting to do something about global climate change. People fed up with the high price of gas. People tired of breathing dirty air. In Houston, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and other cities. It's going to be a critical mass of people experiencing something.
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
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Experience nature. Then you know why it's worth protecting.
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I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there!
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I bought my first electric car in 1970. Its top speed was 15 mph and it had just a 15 mile range - it was essentially a golf cart with a windshield wiper and a horn.
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Keep in mind, coal plants claim plenty of birds too. Sadly, hydro claims the lives of many fish. There is a price for everything. Solar does the best as far as very minimal wildlife damage.
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When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.
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You cannot be quiet about things that you know.
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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.
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The two most abundant forms of power on earth are solar and wind, and they're getting cheaper and cheaper.
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My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.
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It takes less land to grow a pound of broccoli than it does a pound of beef. Less land to grow a pound of grain than a pound of beef. Less water, less energy.
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One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car.
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People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.
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I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.
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When you're in the public eye - whether it be entertainment, sports, medicine, politics, whatever way - you have an opportunity, and I think also an obligation and a responsibility, to disseminate good information.
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I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting.
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For my own health, I thought it was better to eat a plant based diet. I'm going to be 60 soon and I have boundless energy and I feel really good, so I'm all for it.
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The environmental crisis is all a result of rushing.
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What we often fail to recognize is how efficient a vegan diet is. Less land, less water, more food for our spiraling population.
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