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“Our health as a society, our robustness as a community, as a nation, as a people, is not only dependent upon fiscal stability, military might, political strength - it's also dependent on a healthy planet.”

Quote by Jeff Corwin

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Jeff Corwin is a renowned conservationist, born on July 11, 1967. Known for his passion for wildlife and unwavering commitment to environmental protection, Corwin has made significant contributions to public awareness through television shows, books, and lectures. more

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“The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.”

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“We live in a time where we have more extinction happening on our planet than since the dinosaurs were wiped out 50 million years ago.”

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“Many scientists would argue that we are now in what is called Extinction, and it's caused by this perfect extinction storm: climate change, habitat loss, pollution, unsustainable exploitation of species and habitat resources, and of course, human population explosion. All of these factors work together and conspire to drive a species to extinction on our planet, every half an hour.”

“We know that when push comes to shove, [we can] drive ourselves to save our planet.”

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“We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make.”

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“Many of the medicines we use today, to fight everything from AIDS to cancer, originate as a toxin in an amphibian skin. When we lose these animals, we lose resources. We lose keystone species in the environments where they live.”

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“Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.”

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Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“The number one issue that Ocean Mysteries has opened my eyes to is, no matter where you are, whether you're on a beach in Hawaii, you're diving in the Pacific, you're in a remote archipelago, or you're in the middle of nowhere - I am blown away and sobered and crushed, emotionally crushed, by the amount of marine debris, of garbage, that is now in our ocean.”

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“When you're in the middle of nowhere, when you're on this tiny little island, probably one of ten people ever to step foot on this island, it's taken you a week to get there by boat - and you step near to an albatross nest. It doesn't even look at you as the enemy. You get this great nature moment. Until you realize the albatross, along with the thousands of other winged albatrosses next to it, has constructed its nest of trash.”

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“I think the hardest part about my job is the best part of my job - the travel.”

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Author:Jeff Corwin