A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
SYLVIA EARLEMy first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave.
More Sylvia Earle Quotes
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We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.
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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
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You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don’t see sharks.
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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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They have a lateral line down their whole body that senses motion, but maybe it does more than that.
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Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to our doorstep.
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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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I’m not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.
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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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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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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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Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef health around the world.
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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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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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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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