Louie Psihoyos Quotes
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A vegetarian driving a Hummer emits less carbon than a meat eater on a bicycle.
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Our planet is currently undergoing a mass extinction of species called the Anthropocene - the Age of Man.
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I lived through the Cold War as a child, and we always thought a nuclear bomb could end life everywhere at any time. On one hand, it created an atmosphere where you lived for the moment - because it could end at any second - but on the other, it warped a generation into thinking t there was no reasonable expectation of building a future that could be vaporized at any moment by a few morons.
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To me, you’re either an activist or an inactivist.
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Yes, we need to change, but simple changes can have profound impacts.
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Humanity is creating an extinction event that will make every war ever fought a footnote to history. We belong to the only generation in history that can turn this around - we're one step away from greatness or the biggest disaster since the meteor wiped out the dinosaurs.
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If you can reach just 10 percent of the population, you can begin to reach a tipping point; that's where true social movements take place - it's a numbers game. And when you reach that number, the truth becomes obvious and empires of injustice crumble and fall.
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Change doesn't need to be overwhelming; it is not impossible.
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The single most impactful thing you can do today is adopt a more plant-based diet.
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The action we take in the next few years will impact the Earth hundreds of millions of years from now.
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Cowspiracy may be the most important film made to inspire saving the planet.
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Half of all species on Earth could disappear by the end of the century because of our collective impact.
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I want to do the most subversive thing I couldn't do as a child: I want to take back the planet's future.
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What gives me hope is art - it's the most powerful weapons ever created. It's a weapon of mass construction.
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At the end of the century, humans will look back at our impact on the planet and World War II will be a footnote compared to us presiding over the largest loss of biodiversity since a meteor hit the planet sixty-five million years ago.
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