--- title: "12 Going Green Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 12 Going Green quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Going Green sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/lynn-jurich-19541_better_for-pocketbook-environmentalists-financi_1944566.jpg" --- > [For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. However Pocketbook Environmentalists are changing the face of the market and the planet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-jurich/for-pocketbook-environmentalists-financial-savings-are-the-primary/) [Lynn Jurich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-jurich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71d/lynn-jurich-19541_better_for-pocketbook-environmentalists-financi_1944566.jpg) > [I'm trying to get up as far as I can, even if I'm not going to get to the green, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cantlay/i-m-trying-to-get-up-as-far-as-i-can-even-if-i-m-not-going-to-get-to/) [Patrick Cantlay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cantlay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/patrick-cantlay-5855_far_i-m-trying-to-get-up-as-far-as-i-can-eve_71082.jpg) > [I've done a lot of different things with community, going green, and not just making sure of improving the wellness of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danny-green/i-ve-done-a-lot-of-different-things-with-community-going-green-and/) [Danny Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danny-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/danny-green-5868_community_i-ve-done-a-lot-of-different-things-with_577231.jpg) > [“The Guardian's headline is 'How Going Green May Make You Mean.' We're inclined to think the chain of causation runs the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-taranto/the-guardian-s-headline-is-how-going-green-may-make-you-mean-we-re/) [James Taranto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-taranto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/james-taranto-33362_environmentalism_the-guardian-s-headline-is-how-going-gre_1078776.jpg) > [With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-bryant/with-all-this-talk-of-going-green-buying-green-living-green-and-green/) [Joy Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/joy-bryant-17710_buying_with-all-this-talk-of-going-green-buying_1357555.jpg) > [“Talking just adds to the noise pollution in the world. If we were really serious about going green, then maybe we'd all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-alire-s-enz/talking-just-adds-to-the-noise-pollution-in-the-world-if-we-were/) [Benjamin Alire Sáenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-alire-s-enz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/benjamin-alire-s-enz-1125_noise_talking-just-adds-to-the-noise-pollution_611214.png) > [Green technologies - going green - is bigger than the Internet. It could be the biggest economic opportunity of the 21st century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-doerr/green-technologies-going-green-is-bigger-than-the-internet-it-could/) [John Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-doerr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/john-doerr-22662_21st-century_green-technologies-going-green-is-bigger_232583.png) > [In the past, action to combat climate change was viewed largely as running counter to economic growth, with 'going green' implying a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-ryder/in-the-past-action-to-combat-climate-change-was-viewed-largely-as/) [Guy Ryder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-ryder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca3/guy-ryder-36783_change_in-the-past-action-to-combat-climate-cha_2472809.jpg) > [There is a new wave of environmental consumers I like to call Pocketbook Environmentalists. They're going green primarily because it makes good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-jurich/there-is-a-new-wave-of-environmental-consumers-i-like-to-call/) [Lynn Jurich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-jurich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4de/lynn-jurich-19541_also_there-is-a-new-wave-of-environmental-con_3216986.jpg) > [Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts - it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-somerhalder/going-green-doesn-t-start-with-doing-green-acts-it-starts-with-a/) [Ian Somerhalder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-somerhalder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/ian-somerhalder-2439_assuming_going-green-doesn-t-start-with-doing-gre_75437.jpg) > [“Really? I love this place. We draw more power in this room than the average small town in Maryland. The spinning servers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-warren/really-i-love-this-place-we-draw-more-power-in-this-room-than-the/) [Andrew Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-warren/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8b/andrew-warren-16914_small-town_really-i-love-this-place-we-draw-more-po_893168.jpg) > [Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts — it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-somerhalder/going-green-doesn-t-start-with-doing-green-acts-it-starts-with-a-2/) [Ian Somerhalder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-somerhalder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/ian-somerhalder-2439_assuming_going-green-doesn-t-start-with-doing-gre_1828875.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-green/#itemlist", "name": "Going Green Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For Pocketbook Environmentalists, financial savings are the primary motivator. 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