Dorothy Bradley

"For myself, Ive come to prefer to work in the shadows and alone."

"I have never had to march alone in this period of pretty crushing sadness over the state of our planet. There are so many of us right on the front line, shoulder to shoulder, right here. This is the moment to believe in ourselves."

"We have to get out and run with the wolves. We have to join up with Mary Oliver and love the wild swan. But I want you to know that every one of us is absolutely essential."

"I am certain we all want some of this openness and wildness still here for our great grandchildren—for them, but as important, for the creatures who live here and whose existence as a species is in our hands. We are the last ones who will have this decision to make: what to protect and what to release."

"Ive also always been warned about the possibility of burnout, of thinking were so essential that were going to work ourselves into a frenzy and then burn on down into a useless nub. Weve always had to learn to pace ourselves. We have to get out and run with the wolves."

"could still be around. And I am. And for a lifetime, Ive been driven to try to respond. I find that the question Im most frequently asked today is whether I have hope; whether I have hope that our planet can survive. And my answer is: wrong question. Its simply a matter of a job to be done. And I would rather fight than watch, as would you."