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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.

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.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

People don't want to give up their SUVs. They don't want to turn the thermostat down in the winter and up in the summer.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

I was a typical Valley teen, in smoggy Van Nuys.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

I've been in movies with Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson - but I was on 'The Simpsons,' and finally, in the eyes of my children, I was a star.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

The environmental crisis is all a result of rushing.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

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.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

For decades, community colleges have been the backbone of American workforce training. Because they are nimble and closely attuned to local community needs, they are inherently positioned to be influential leaders of the movement for a sustainable economy.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water.

From Ed Begley, Jr.

The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.

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Ed Begley, Jr.

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