We’re constantly being bombarded by problems that we face and sometimes we can get completely overwhelmed. But we should always feel like a hummingbird. I may feel insignificant, but I don’t want to be like the other animals watching the planet go down the drain. I’ll be a hummingbird, I’ll do the best I can.

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"The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves."

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"Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect."

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"Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing."

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