When you're in the public eye - whether it be entertainment, sports, medicine, politics, whatever way - you have an opportunity, and I think also an obligation and a responsibility, to disseminate good information. Ed Begley, Jr. More Quotes by Ed Begley, Jr. More Quotes From Ed Begley, Jr. The environmental crisis is all a result of rushing. Ed Begley, Jr. environmental rushing results One of the regular intervals of meditation in my life, believe it or not, is in my car. Ed Begley, Jr. car meditation believe 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. Ed Begley, Jr. rain running jobs I started composting in 1970 by taking my food scraps out behind where I lived and burying them in a hole next to the railroad tracks - and green things started to grow there! Ed Begley, Jr. railroads track green The food in Yugoslavia is fine if you like pork tartare. Ed Begley, Jr. yugoslavia sarcastic food This is a deeply spiritual issue...Do we want to spend more time trying to care for our fellow man or do we want to just pursue more virtual reality? That's the issue before us.. and it's being played out in the world of the environment. Ed Begley, Jr. spiritual god time As someone who has grown up living in Southern California, I know all too well about the costs and scarcities of water. Ed Begley, Jr. california southern water There are many different ways now to experience nature. Get out there and hike. Ed Begley, Jr. different-ways different way I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor. Ed Begley, Jr. wealthy actors stars I've lived a slower and less expensive life going off the grid, and I'm happier because of it. Ed Begley, Jr. grids expensive Los Angeles is a city known as much for its sun as for its stars and its dirty air. Ed Begley, Jr. stars air dirty I think people love nature after they experience it. I know I experienced it as a young man - I took a lot of hikes, I was involved in scouting. Ed Begley, Jr. men people thinking My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops. Ed Begley, Jr. restaurants my-favorite form If you're going to drive a Hummer and buy carbon offsets, that's like getting drunk every night and getting into an AA meeting, throwing money in the basket, and leaving. Ed Begley, Jr. drunk leaving night 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. Ed Begley, Jr. batteries energy fun We have lots of other problems with plastic in our oceans. There are five different big gyres of plastic out in the ocean. There are problems with air pollution around the country that we need to deal with, and around the world. We have a great many problems to overcome, so I work on a lot of different boards trying to help in those important areas. Ed Begley, Jr. ocean air country I'm a strong proponent of green tech for anyone who can afford it, having spent the last 40 years working toward achieving a smaller and smaller eco-impact for myself. Ed Begley, Jr. impact strong years You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting to experience. It will only get worse. Ed Begley, Jr. starting climate enough People don't want to change. It's hard for people to change and it's hard for businesses to change. If I was running an oil company, I would be resistant to change too. Ed Begley, Jr. oil running people It's people wanting to do something about global climate change. People fed up with the high price of gas. People tired of breathing dirty air. In Houston, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and other cities. It's going to be a critical mass of people experiencing something. Ed Begley, Jr. tired air dirty
