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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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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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We have become frighteningly effective at altering nature.
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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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When I first ventured into the Gulf of Mexico in the 1950s, the sea appeared to be a blue infinity too large, too wild to be harmed by anything that people could do.
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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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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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My parents moved to Florida when I was 12, and my backyard was the Gulf of Mexico.
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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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Any astronaut can tell you you’ve got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you can to take care of it.
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