Very little makes me feel vulnerable these days. I hit my absolute apex of vulnerability when I returned to my home state of Louisiana, during the Gulf oil spill disaster, and witnessed mass devastation to every demonstration of life surrounding me - from grass, trees, bayous, insects, to animals and people - we all felt demolished.

We cannot progress as a society, as a people, if we lack compassion.

Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

We're destroying our water supplies like you can't even imagine.

I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.