“And so in my mind's eye these coastal forms merge and blend in a shifting, kaleidoscopic pattern in which there is no finality, no ultimate and fixed reality - earth becoming fluid as the sea itself.” MindRealityEyeEarthFormSeaBecomingUltimatePatternsFixedShiftingFluidFinalityCoastal Book:The house of life: Rachel Carson at work Source: The house of life: Rachel Carson at work
“Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must actually be a sea to take in a polluted stream without becoming impure. Behold, I teach you the superman: he is the this sea, in him can your great contempt go under.” MenTeachSeaBecomingStreamsContempt Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Spirit is Life. It flows thru the death of me endlessly like a river unafraid of becoming the sea.” SpiritSeaBecomingFlowRiversUnafraid Author:Gregory Corso
“Fairies are becoming much more popular. I see fairyland as this big sea, and the tide is sometimes out.” SometimesBigsSeaBecomingFairyTides Author:Brian Froud
“It is a fact that our fresh water is becoming more scarce and that the new ways we are getting energy in America - fracking, mountaintop removal, cyclic steam extraction, deep-sea drilling - all pollute water, pollute the air, and pollute our soil and food.” WayFactsAmericaEnergyWaterAirSeaBecomingSoilNew WaysSteamScarceBecoming MoreRemovalDrillingFrackingDeep SeaFresh WaterExtraction Author:Mark Ruffalo
“One of my favorite places is the Maldives, an all-Muslim nation in the Indian Ocean with a culture that stretches back 5,000 years. But since the highest point in the archipelago is a meter or two above sea level, even the next hundred are not guaranteed. They've committed to becoming the first carbon-neutral nation on Earth by 2020, building windmills as fast as they can.” YearsFirstsTwoEarthCultureNextNationsLevelsSeaBuildingBecomingOceanHighestHundredMy FavoriteCommittedIndianCarbonMeterFavorite PlacesWindmillsMaldives Author:Bill McKibben
“A lot of Pacific island nations are sinking below sea level; they could easily transition slowly into becoming floating nations.” NationsLevelsSeaBecomingIslandsTransitionFloatingPacificSinking Author:Joe Quirk