No water, no life. No blue, no green.
SYLVIA EARLEJust as we have the power to harm the ocean, we have the power to put in place policies and modify our own behavior in ways that would be an insurance policy for the future of the sea, for the creatures there, and for us, protecting special critical areas in the ocean.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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There’s something missing about how we’re informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
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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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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.
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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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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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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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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’ve always said, ‘Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.’
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As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we could use the sea as the ultimate place to dispose of anything.
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It’s mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It’s not feeding the starving millions. It’s feeding a luxury market.
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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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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss.
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