A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation. If they're not sitting down at the table, the art of conversation is going to go.
Laurie David
If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It's all important.
I have my own career. I'm an environmentalist.
Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don't wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it.
Food is being purposefully formulated to addict you.Then it is purposefully marketed, targeted to young children to addict them at an early age. This is unethical, right? This is immoral, particularly when you see the results of it which is this world-wide epidemic of diabetes and obesity.
When you see that charger in the wall, you have to now say okay that's, that's contributing to global-warming pollution, I have to pull that charger out of the wall.
What does everyone in America own? A car. What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.
Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.
Kids need rituals. They need the security of them, the bonding time of them.
Just because you've been divorced doesn't mean you're not still a family.
The fact that this is what John McCain is suggesting - more offshore drilling and more nuclear power plants? I don't think so. Not even close. Not even in the ballpark of what we need.
Scientists are not necessarily the best communicators.
I'm very average. I'm into fresh, yummy family food. I'm into leftovers.
Everything you worry about as a parent can be improved by sitting down regularly with your kids.
A successful dinner is one that lasts a while and one where everyone leaves happy.
I didn't have any eating disorder or food addiction, but I struggle like every single person with my weight every day. Honestly, a day does not go by where I am not thinking about what I am eating.
Once people learn what global warming means, they start to pay attention.
Vote for candidates who care about these issues, and hold these candidates accountable. I don't care what party; I'm past that point. I care whether they are concerned about the energy security of this country.
Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.
Offshore drilling is not the answer, it is not going to get us anything.
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
By the way, what happened to our surgeon general who warned us about AIDS and smoking? That position has been completely stripped of power.
School lunch should be made fresh on the premises every day. Our children deserve that respect.
If you take added sugar out of your diet, when you have fruit for dessert it is going to taste fantastic!
That's what hurts the environmental movement - holding people to a standard they cannot meet. That just pushes people away.
I have kids, I want something left for them. It's a cliche, I know, but it's true. That's what drives me every day.
Environmental communicators are too cautious. I throw caution to the wind.
What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.
If you're doing takeout, try to get the healthiest takeout you can. And just take it out of the plastic, right? Get your grandma's old china or get a fancy little bowl, and put the takeout in the bowl and light a candle.
History will judge Senator Inhofe. You know he has a lot or responsibility on his hands for keeping any kind of movement and serious, meaningful action on global warming happening in the Congress.
And by the way, the United States is the biggest cause in global warming pollution. And we're doing the least about it. I find that personally embarrassing.
A bald man driving a hybrid is a very sexy thing.
I want everyone else to become a global warming activist so it's not all on my shoulders.
Fear of failure, what is that? It would never occur to me.
Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn't do it. But the truth is, I'm not perfect.
It would be very difficult for me to stay in a marriage with a Republican at this point. Not that there's anything wrong with Republicans, but I happen to be a Democrat.
And I think comedy obviously a great way to get a message out because you know the reason why things are funny is because they're true.
I'm becoming more of a religious person actually as I get older, which I think is not an unusual phenomenon.
Growing up, I didn't have great family dinners. We sat down every night, and my mother cooked food, but it was always about who was going to leave the table crying first.
I find it so exciting to grow your own food.
My dad was a pool-equipment salesman. He died when I was 12. Heart attack on a golf course.
In some other life I must have been a pioneer woman because I love to have my hands in the dirt.
I was almost surprised to realize that I had actually done something right as a parent by insisting on regular family dinners.
Having a sit down, no screens, home cooked dinner is one of the most powerful things you can do as a parent and I believe it's the most important activity you can do as a family.
When kids help cook, even if its just shredding the herbs or stirring the pot, they eat more and they eat better.
Family dinner is how we civilize our children. It is how we get them into good habits like drinking water with supper, saying please and thank you, learning how to listen and take turns. It's how we pass on our family histories.
As a young mom I was kind of desperate for some happy family moments and I realized that they don't usually show up all on their own, you have to create them - or at the very least, create an opportunity for them to bloom.
I could never just look at a meal as a time to refuel. For me it's an opportunity to accomplish something. To connect, to teach, to share values.
It's easy to get good table talk going if you have a little help in the form of questions, games, newspaper articles, books with fun statistics, things like that.
My life has been on TV for so long now, I'm used to it.
