If you make the choice to just go with the flow, that is a choice to make a difference in a negative way.

We have to look in the mirror first. What are we doing? How can we make a change? It always starts with looking in the mirror. Every individual can. Every individual can make a difference either by proactively doing something positive or by doing nothing. That's a decision, too.

Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value encourages drilling without taking into account the costs to the ocean, even without major spills.

I find the lure of the unknown irresistible.

Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.

With care and protection, with safe havens in the ocean, there is still a good chance that we can turn things around.

The ocean is dying, and we have no place to escape to if this experiment doesn't go in our favor.