If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

I personally have stopped eating seafood.

Not only who am I, but who are we? And where are we going? It's the "we." It's the social connections that are special to human beings.

We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet.

Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around.

I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.

The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.