Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
JACQUES YVES COUSTEAUWhen one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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The sea, the great unifier, is man’s only hope.
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The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.
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People protect what they love.
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The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature.
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The sea is the universal sewer.
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We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about – farming replacing hunting.
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we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
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Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change.
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What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what’s going on.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters… and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.
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I believe that national sovereignties will shrink in the face of universal interdependence.
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