Find A Partner, Commit To Taking Action, And Hold Each Other Accountable. Helping Our Planet Is Not A One-person Or One-country Job; We Need To Be Good Partners And Good Neighbors To One Another. Routine, Measurable, And Collective Actions Both Small And Large Will Make An Impact.

-Adrian Grenier

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