The fragility, and even the degradation of our planet’s blue heart.
SYLVIA EARLEThere is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet.
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As if the ocean somehow doesn’t matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean.
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Protecting vital sources of renewal – unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens – will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
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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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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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If we could magically transport ourselves back to the young Earth, when it was only a billion years old or two billion years old or three billion years old or four billion years old.
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No matter where on Earth you live. Most of the oxygen in the atmosphere is generated by the sea.
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Why is it that scuba divers and surfers are some of the strongest advocates of ocean conservation? Because they’ve spent time in and around the ocean, and they’ve personally seen the beauty.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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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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I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.
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Like a shipwreck or a jetty, almost anything that forms a structure in the ocean, whether it is natural or artificial over time, collects life.
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I love music of all kinds, but there’s no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
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Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe.
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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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