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Selena's Quotes


Exactly what was it that Selena said again?

Check out all of Selena's quotes direct from the Dump:

I speak my mind, I'm sometimes not popular for doing it, but I don't give a monkey's
Selena on herself

I even tried to get my company to recycle the plastic cups from the gym and one staff member even offered to buy the necessary receptacles herself... but the idea was rejected... dipsticks, what planet do managers live on?
Selena on the problem of getting others to be green

I am torn by my conscience about what I do and how I travel now, because of the oil/carbon debt issue. I don't ride my motorbike that much these days, and my boat stays moored 99% of the time. I would love to live and work in a sustainable eco community and put something back into the world, or at the very least stop taking out without putting something back.
Selena on the personal conflicts when trying to be green

I would like to go somewhere where we're going to make a difference and definitely to raise awareness because I am very eco-minded. And as each day goes by I become more and more engrossed in that... to the point that I'm becoming an eco pain in the arse.
Selena on what and where the eco-challenge might be

We could be living in this in 50 years' time.
Selena on the need for recycling

I think it's a good idea... It will teach people a lesson.
Selena on the eco-challenge

I'm like 'yes, this is great'. At the moment I'm loving it. Later on, I might not be. People will be sitting at home thinking 'ugh'. Yeah! This is your crap... do something with it.
Selena on loving the Dump

Some of the guys keep saying it's not going to make any difference to the way I am when I leave but it should.
Selena on her fellow volunteers' attitude

Breaks my heart seeing this crap.
Selena on her trip to the working landfill site

As a group if you want me to do it, I will do it but I want to get plastic off the site. There is so much plastic here and you do get money for plastic. Money is not my motivator.
Selena on her plastic obsession

It took me most of the day to pick all of this plastic up, so in terms of labour versus productivity – zilch, job satisfaction a 100%, outcome - zilch, but at the end of the day I got this off the ground and for me that is the main thing.
Selena on her plastic being worth nothing

I don’t understand how people can live like this, even on a dump, there’s no excuse is there?
Selena on the camp's hygiene problem

Jermaine doesn’t do anything unless you ask him. So you constantly asking him to do thing, but it gets wearing, and I’m knackered through that to be honest.
Selena tires of asking Jermaine to help

The rest of us to some degree or another have ecological concerns about the planet. He has none. His only concern is to fill is pockets. I thought the programme was to do with the environment and I expect people on it to be environmentally aware.
Selena on Jermaine's lack of greeness

Nothing will tax us more than a good old downpour.
Selena on the rain

Jermaine offered to help me and take half the chore away which was really … big of him I am really impressed. So I think I can forgive his behaviour as long as he carries on the way that he’s doing because that was a really nice gesture.
Selena forgives Jermaine

I’m fairly confident that I’ll still be at the top of the group when the results from our questionnaire come out... It’s just that I feel I’m doing the most.
Selena on lining up greenest first

I am disappointed simply because I thought I’d be in the number one slot simply because I lead a very green lifestyle... how low do I have to go to get a low carbon footprint?
Selena on coming fourth in the green parade

It’s been quite a good learning curve for me today and I will be looking at ways in which I can reduce it and I shall try not to make so many journeys by car, it is a pain but the nature of my job demands that I move about as my clients require me to. Some of the jobs I work at I can actually cycle to and I have done in the past but you can’t cycle down the M25 so I’m not sure how I’m going to get around that one?
Selena on ditching the jeep

It's been a brilliant experience... I can make a difference?
Selena on being on Dumped


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