Bill McKibben

"The economy should serve the planet, not vice versa"

"We are living through the end of the age of fossil fuels"

"Hope lies in persistence and organization"

"We must stand together or we will fall apart"

"The moment for denial has ended"

"We need to build an economy based on cooperation, not competition"

"Climate change is a moral issue, not just an environmental one"

"The greatest threat to stability is climate change"

"We must listen to Indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with the planet"

"Every ton of CO2 not emitted is a victory"

"We need to reimagine what we mean by progress"

"The future is being written right now"

"We must act with urgency and humility"

"The greatest power we have is the power to change our minds"

"We need to fall in love with what we're fighting for"

"The most important conversation is happening at the grassroots level"

"We are the ancestors of the future"

"The time to wait is over; the time to act is now"

"We must choose solidarity over scarcity"

"Climate change will define our generation"

"We need a spiritual transformation as much as a technological one"

"The greatest renewable resource is hope"

"We must hold onto joy while fighting for change"

"The future belongs to those who show up"

"We are in a race against physics, and physics is winning"

"The most important thing we can do is love each other"

"We must be fierce in our commitment to justice"

"The greatest tragedy would be to fail for lack of trying"

"We need to remember that we are part of nature, not separate from it"

"The moment we stop believing change is possible is the moment we lose"