If we have a hope of really understanding our place in nature and of carving out a place for ourselves that is sustainable, it's primarily because of the new level of communication. It used to be, 'What you don't have in your mind, you have on your shelf.' But now we have the Web.

I want to get out in the water. I want to see fish, real fish, not fish in a laboratory.

You should know what is taken out of the ecosystem in order to give you a moment's sustenance.

Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.

Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world.

The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures on our planet, from deep-sea starfish to desert sagebrush. That's why the ocean matters. If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the consequences coming back to us.