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Famous Sylvia Earle Quotes
“Ignorance is the biggest problem of all for the ocean - and for many other things as well.”
“The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost.”
“The Earth is a tiny blue speck in a universe of unfriendly options.”
“Our job is to keep what is working intact and not destroy what we have got.”
“What we put into the atmosphere in terms of burning fuel is unprecedented.”
“The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.”
“If I seem like a radical it's because I have seen things that others have not.”
“I am driven by what I know; that the world I love is in trouble.”
“We understand that we must make peace with nature - that our lives depend on it.”
“The next 10 years could be the most important in the next 10,000.”
“Only two percent of the ocean is fully protected right now.”
“Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world.”
“We are taking way more out of the ocean than the ocean can replenish.”
“You should know what is taken out of the ecosystem in order to give you a moment's sustenance.”