May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind.

However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day.

And let us remember too that life, in its exuberance, always succeeds in overflowing the narrow limits within which man thinks he can confine it.

Through the window of my mask I see a wall of coral, its surface a living kaleidoscope of lilac flecks, splashes of gold, reddish streaks and yellows, all tinged by the familiar transparent blue of the sea.

All life is part of a complex relationship in which each is dependent upon the others, taking from, giving to and living with all the rest.

The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets.

I wake up saying, I'm still alive; a miracle. And so I keep on pushing.