Chipping in when tsunami-force tragedies strike? "For us, it just seemed like a no-brainer, a knee-jerk reaction — as soon as it happened, we were like, 'Well, we should do something.'

"Every once in a while, more frequently now that global warming is heating up, the Earth makes clear who's really in charge. Especially the ocean. Even seeing my kids out in the water, wherever we're at — it's like here's this tiny little speck of human life and this giant, enormous ocean. I mean, not even a gun can puncture something like that."

"There were a lot of political people there, and the environment was one of the issues that people talked about. Especially coming from such a highly polluted area, in Rodeo — it's a refinery town, and we ended up getting sent home from school because kids were having headaches and nobody could understand why. When, of course, 200 yards away from the elementary school that I went to was the biggest refinery in America."

"The older that this generation of kids gets, they're thinking up more and more ways for kids to be indoors and away from anything outside, so a lot of these industries can cause damage to the environment. Look how many kinds of television stations are just applied to kids, that are advertised to kids right now. The distraction is starting so kids won't have the chance to judge for themselves what's going on in the environment."

"There's a lot of kids who are getting into our band for the first time, so we're bringing out somebody like Greenpeace or Amnesty International to show what these injustices are. I mean, when we're creating a giant hole in the ozone layer, we are the product of our own demise."

"To share an organization like USA Harvest, which is basically a canned-food drive ... it's not a big deal, it's very easy. ... Then it comes down to daily things that you do, whether it's composting or recycling or driving low-emission vehicles. I mean I still haven't given up hope that ... that someone out there will have a heart, you know?"