Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.

People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue.

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.