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There is a new wave of environmental consumers I like to call Pocketbook Environmentalists. They're going green primarily because it makes good financial sense, but the fact that it benefits their families' health and the environment also makes them feel good.

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.

I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric.

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment.

I always try to say, 'If you want to help the environment, try to do just two things. One, use less of your car. Second, separate your garbage.'

I maintain that if there is such a thing as a true and honest environmentalist, it's people like Slim and hopefully me, who have been caretakers of the land all our lives, along with the generations before us.

I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't.

It's shocking to think about how little the travel industry cares about sustainability - and it's the basis of their business!