“One lesson I got from Gandhi, 'Be the change you want to see,' haunts me. I just feel like I can't keep stomping around pointing the finger at BP when I am supporting the oil industry with my very own dollars and actions by buying their products, helping to pay their mortgage - plastic is from oil... polyester, shower curtains.” WantFeelsI CanHelpingActionPayProductsIndustryLessonsDollarsFingersOilBuyingPlasticShowersCurtainsPointingMortgagePointing FingersOil IndustryStompingShower Curtains Author:Kristin Bauer van Straten
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneNumbersCompanyLeaderInfluenceExampleProductsVoteResponsibleRefuseEnormousGlobal WarmingVotersPlasticWrapsWrapping Book:Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming Source: Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
“There is a lot of interesting product coming to market already. Bags and bottles and cups and such made of potato starch and other fully biodegradable materials. In some sense, plastic is more chemically complex. We ought to be able to simplify.” MadeAbleInterestingMaterialsProductsOughtComplexesCupsBagsBottlesPlasticPotatoesSimplifyBiodegradable Author:Edward Norton
“Unfortunately, most products are full of plastic and silicones and parabens and things that are really not good for us but they give that silky finish.” GivingProductsPlastic Author:Gwyneth Paltrow