I Wanted To Be An Actor My Whole Young Life. My Dad Was An Actor, Obviously - He Won An Academy Award, But I Had No Idea What Was Involved. I Had All The Wrong Ideas About Acting.
What We Often Fail To Recognize Is How Efficient A Vegan Diet Is. Less Land, Less Water, More Food For Our Spiraling Population.
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 Ride My Bike For Transportation A Great Deal - Occasionally I Ride It For Fun. But I Also Have A Generator Bike That's Hooked Up To My Solar Battery Pack, So If I Ride 15 Minutes Hard On My Bike, That's Enough Energy To Toast Toast, Or Power My Computer.
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.
We Run Around So Much - With The Best Intentions: I Want To Save The Rain Forest. I've Gotta Clean Up The Oceans. I've Gotta Save The Dolphins. All Worthy Efforts, But If You're Not Centered And You Don't Have The Serenity In Your Life You Need To Accomplish That Task, You're Not Going To Do A Very Good Job.
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.
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.
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!
If You're Going To Drive A Hummer And Buy Carbon Offsets, That's Like Getting Drunk Every Night And Getting Into An Aa Meeting, Throwing Money In The Basket, And Leaving.
To Be A Modern Person In 2012, You Are Often Required To Have Some Electronics In Your Life. And I Do. I Try To Put That Phone Down, Put The Computer Away, And Get Out There And Hike In The Woods; Feel It In My Feet, Feel It In My Hands; Get Out In The Garden And Feel The Soil Under My Fingers, My Fingertips And My Fingernails. I Try To Be Involved In Nature In A Very Tactile Way. I Think That's Important.
