There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.

We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are limits and even points of no return.

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.

We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth.

I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.