“Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet the attention of everyone to understand where we've come from and where we might be going. We need to understand the world around us if we are to succeed as a species on the planet.” IfsWorldNeedsShouldDoeMatterMightEarthAttentionPlanetsDevelopmentEvolutionSucceedSpeciesEvolution Of Life Author:Sylvia Earle
“It's an appreciation for life generally, every bit of life, the smallest creature that lives in the intestines of termites that make termite life possible - to the leaves that turn out oxygen and grab carbon dioxide and with water make simple sugars that feed much of the world. I mean, these are everyday miracles.” WorldMeanTurnsBitsWaterSimpleCreaturesMiracleEverydayAppreciationSugarSmallestCarbonOxygenCarbon DioxideIntestines Author:Sylvia Earle
“Success underwater depends mostly on how you conduct yourself. Diving can be the most relaxing experience in the world. Your weight seems to disappear. Space travel will be available only to a few individuals for some time, but the oceans are available to almost everyone - now.” WorldSeemsIndividualSpaceDependsOceanWeightAvailableDisappearSpace TravelDivingUnderwater Author:Sylvia Earle
“I am driven by what I know; that the world I love is in trouble.” KnowsWorldLove IsTroubleDriven Author:Sylvia Earle
“When you are a child you learn your alphabet, your numbers, but increasingly, we must learn from the earliest stages that the highest priority has to be to maintain the world as a safe place for humankind.” WorldChildrenNumbersStageSafeHighestPrioritiesHumankindAlphabetSafe Places Author:Sylvia Earle
“There are now more than 4,000 places in the sea around the world that have some kind of protection. The bad news: You have to look hard to find them. What you find instead is destructive fishing, mining, gas and oil exploration.” WorldLooksKindHardSeaNewsProtectionOilAround The WorldDestructiveGasFishingExplorationBad NewsMining Author:Sylvia Earle
“Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world.” WorldChoicesNaturalNatural WorldMaking Peace Author:Sylvia Earle
“Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.” WorldCountrySeaCrazyWindFishesGermanyJapan Author:Sylvia Earle
“Throughout all of human history we have consumed the natural world. All creatures do. Birds do. Fish do. Earthworms do. We consume the natural world as a source of our survival. But no creature has ever consumed at the scale that humans have, and now there are seven billion of us. I think the good news is that a large percentage of those seven billion minds can work to make better decisions.” ThinkingWorldMindNaturalDecisionSurvivalBirdSevenNatural World Author:Sylvia Earle
“I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.” WorldDoeFoundNaturalHeroNatural World Author:Sylvia Earle
“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. And there's no question that it is a factor, but it's preceded by the loss of resilience and degradation.” WorldLooksLossCriticalResilienceFactorsAround The WorldExpertsGlobal WarmingCrashTemperatureDegradationTippingReefsTipping PointCoral Reefs Author:Sylvia Earle
“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.” WorldMatterNumbersTeachFailingMissingLettersConnectionsImportanceCommunicateWhat MattersYoungstersInforming Author:Sylvia Earle
