"Normally, I would say we need another advertising award like we need a hole in the ozone layer, but this is a good thing. Today's political climate has once again proven that people do care about the environment. It's great to finally have an awards show that rewards advertising which recognizes that fact."

"The ECO-Awards is an idea whose time has come. With so many fields of the communications arts receiving recognition, the environment has been long overdue. My congratulations to NRDC and my hope that every ad agency, design shop, publisher, producer and artist who does anything in the environmental area will enter this."

"Environmental issues have truly become global in scope. Thats why winning an NRDC International ECO-Award is the ultimate recognition that you have successfully bridged the creative process with the environmental spirit. It is an award which acknowledges your creativity, your professionalism, as well as your heart."

"Whether the NRDC is studying pollution, suing Los Angeles to comply with federal standards on storm water runoff or fighting attempts to roll back environmental protection, its programs and its science are respected. [NRDC] lawyers are said by eco-observers to know more about environmental law than the government."

"It's hard to find a major environmental law NRDC hasn't helped shape within Congress, the courts and federal agencies. And often, the influence is profound."

"When an environmental cause needs first-class legal representation or policy analysis, it turns to NRDC. The groups scientific and legal expertise has put it at the center of every major environmental debate for two decades."