Environmentalism has never been about catastrophe. It is about alternatives, about changing course, about transforming the future
-Philip Shabecoff, Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century

I never thought I'd become an advocate for Mother Earth. I actually failed the only environmental course I ever took. The class was called "The Environment" and involved lengthy discussions of shifting tectonic plates. As a college freshman, I didn't care about shifting tectonic plates--I couldn't see how...