Kindness, quite simply, is the rent we must pay for the space we occupy on this planet.

The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.

Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.

Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don't, people with guns come and force us to pay. That's violent.

My advice would be that, even as we do activism, we prioritize ourselves, we prioritize our lives, we prioritize our mental health, because the very planet that we are fighting for will need us to exist as well.

Dissent pays the rent.

My activism is a part of me. If my art has anything to do with me, then my activism is part of my art.

And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own an emotion -
I rent

My lifestyle is pretty minimal. Just doing my part to make the planet a better place.

All rent is based on the monopoly power of private owners of certain portions of the globe.

I am a feminist and activist. I think women should own the world but nobody wants to accept it, especially the women themselves

Sustainable activism is not simply a matter of organizing energy and applying it to tasks. Anyone can do that in a crisis, in a pinch, for a while. Long-term activism requires more or less reliable, ongoing sources of hopefulness, faith, joy and trust because it is a matter of believing in and working for possibilities that are nowhere in sight.

For many women, there is a great cost to pay, to challenge the status quo, because they benefit from it. Their children benefit from it. Doing the sort of activism that I do, threatens to take away from one’s status, or privilege, or wealth, or whatever it is they benefit from.

I have committed my life to fighting for climate justice, this is our planet, and we are all responsible for taking care of it