In terms of personal choices, let’s all think more carefully about where we get our protein from.
SYLVIA EARLEThe best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of wonder.
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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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You don’t stand around arguing about who’s responsible, or who’s going to pay.
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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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Everyone has power. But it doesn’t help if you don’t use it.
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Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
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I personally have stopped eating seafood.
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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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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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The Arctic is a place that historically, during all preceding human history, has largely been an icy realm with an impact on ocean currents.
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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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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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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.
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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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All through college, I had frequently been the only girl in a science class – which wasn’t such a bad deal.
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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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