It has taken these many hundreds of millions of years to fine-tune the Earth to a point where it is suitable for the likes of us.

Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just crazy.

Fortunately, we know more about the problems that we have than in all preceding history. We know now the consequences of the things that we put into the air, into the water - of the way we treat life on Earth.

It is not too late to turn things around.

Childcare is a huge issue for young women whose work may require them to leave their families for weeks at a time.

What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.

Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid putting some of the noxious materials into the sea. I think people are more aware than they once were, the air is cleaner, water generally is, in spite of the fact that there are more people.