Right here, right now is where we draw the line. The world is waking up. And change is coming whether you like it or not.”

— Greta Thunberg

Our mother earth is teaching us a lesson in universal responsibility.This blue planet is a delightful habitat. Its life is our life; its future, our future. Indeed, the earth acts like a mother to us all; as her children, we are dependent on her. In the face of the global problems we aregoing through it is important that we must all work together.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

I have a dream that the people in power, as well as the media, start treating this crisis like the existential emergency it is.”

— Greta Thunberg

I came to appreciate the importance of environmental concernonly after escaping from Tibet in 1959, where we always consideredthe environment to be pure. Whenever we saw a stream of water,for instance, there was no worry about whether it was safe to drink.Sadly, the mere availability of clean drinking water is a majorproblem throughout the world today.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama

You must take action. You must do the impossible. Because giving up is never an option.”

— Greta Thunberg

Trees purify the air for living beings to breathe. They serve as aplace for insects and birds to live. The time has come for us to take a non-violent stance, not only toward each other, but towardthe natural world, which means planting, not cutting, trees.”

— His Holiness the Dalai Lama