Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
SYLVIA EARLEWhat we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.
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Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life.
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
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There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
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Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.
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If you think the ocean isn’t important, imagine Earth without it. Mars comes to mind. No ocean, no life support system.
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It’s akin to using a bulldozer to catch a butterfly, destroying a whole ecosystem for the sake of a few pounds of protein. We wouldn’t do this on land, so why do it in the oceans?
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Health to the ocean means health for us.
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Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica.
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For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive – and thrive. ‘Harsh’ to us is ‘home’ for them.
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We wouldn’t be able to survive. We would have a hard time surviving if we were transported to the time when dinosaurs were around.
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Meat reared on land matures relatively quickly, and it takes only a few pounds of plants to produce a pound of meat.
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Every fish fertilizes the water in a way that generates the plankton that ultimately leads back into the food chain, but also yields oxygen, grabs carbon – it’s a part of what makes the ocean function and what makes the planet function.
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Forty percent of the United States drains into the Mississippi. It’s agriculture. It’s golf courses. It’s domestic runoff from our lawns and roads. Ultimately, where does it go? Downstream into the gulf.
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In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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For heaven’s sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see.
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I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.
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My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
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I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.
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The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it.
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A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
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Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you’re lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you’re in a healthy ocean.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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And there’s no question that it is a factor, but it’s preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.
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