We are all together in this, we are all together in this single living ecosystem called planet earth.
Sylvia EarleLife in the ocean makes Earth hospitable. We are sailing along in the universe and we have a blue engine that is making everything alright.
Sylvia EarleWe're still under the weight of this impression that the ocean is too big to fail, that the planet is too big to fail.
Sylvia EarleIronically the very energy, the very basis of how we know what we know, has been reliant on having an energy source [necessary] to build rockets to go to the moon and Mars, to support airplanes that fly, and satellites to give us our communication.
Sylvia EarleLook at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss, you'll see toads, small insects, a whole host of life that prospers in that miniature environment. A lumberman will look at a forest and see so many board feet of lumber. I see a living city.
Sylvia Earle