You don't necessarily know you're consuming sugar when you're using store-bought salad dressing, or store-bought tomato sauce, or healthy granola bars. It's added to all these foods.
If you can't buy a hybrid car, your first question should be, 'What is the fuel economy of this car?'
Any time you put people in a room with Bill McDonough, they leave there blown away, their mouths agape. I had a similar feeling when I first met Al Gore.
A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation. If they're not sitting down at the table, the art of conversation is going to go.
Having a sit down, no screens, home cooked dinner is one of the most powerful things you can do as a parent and I believe it's the most important activity you can do as a family.
Look, I don't have the millions of dollars that Exxon has. But I've got comedy. I've got satire. I've got stars.
It's one thing to have ice cream once in a while with your family, and quite another to eat foods on a regular basis that you don't even know are full of sugar.
Well of course, when you have kids, you become more protective and you think about how to give them the healthiest upbringing and the best future.
If you're cooking at home, you'll eat healthier, and when you add family and friends into the mix, it enriches your social life, too.
If you're doing takeout, try to get the healthiest takeout you can. And just take it out of the plastic, right? Get your grandma's old china or get a fancy little bowl, and put the takeout in the bowl and light a candle.
If you can influence five people, fantastic. If you can influence five hundred people, fantastic. It's all important.