Colin Beavan: Self
Quotes
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Mayer Vishner : My hesitation about your work, is that it enables people to fool themselves that all they have to do is change the lightbulb or recycle all their plastic bags, as long as they feel that way, no politician will pick it up.
Colin Beavan : And I feel that it is completely true. It's both... . If you have a political stance, then there is an tremendous integrity to living in a way that reflects that political stance.
Mayer Vishner : At the risk of being too personal, it's not, it's just the facts. Michelle writes for Business Week. Millions of trees are cut down on a regular basis in order to promote the fully fallacious propaganda that America corporate capitalism is good for the people, good for you and me. If it's your contention she makes up for it-that it evens out- because she doesn't take the elevator in your fifth avenue co-op, I have to say, you are either dishonest or delusional.
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Colin Beavan : The fact of the matter is that if only I change, it's not going to make a difference, but the hope is that if each of us as individuals change, it's going to inspire everybody to change. So I believe the most radical political act there is, is to be an optimist. The most radical political act there is, is to believe that if I change, other people will follow suit.
