Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.
SYLVIA EARLEWe need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea.
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I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind.
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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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That, in turn, influences the temperature of the planet. The Arctic is now vulnerable because of the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a rate of melting that is stunning.
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To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It’s not just a cost to the people who live there. It’s a cost to all people everywhere.
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
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Is a slow but accelerating impact with consequences that will greatly overshadow all the oil spills put together. The warming trend that is CO2-related will overshadow all the oil spills that have ever occurred put together.
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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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If somebody dumps something noxious in my back yard, the dumper is the last one I would call on to repair the damage.
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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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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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They are so beautiful, a pair is in the Museum of Modern Art. The set I have are ruby red. I call them my ruby flippers.
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My mother was known as the ‘bird lady’ of the neighborhood.
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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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When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.
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