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 couldn't go to the moon on whale oil. We don't have the capacity yet to consider doing such things as harnessing current sunlight. We're burning ancient sunlight in order to get us to where we now are. But it's costly.

Ironically 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.

This much is certain: We have the power to damage the sea, but no sure way to heal the harm.

There is an enormous amount to be learned about the sea; like most wildernesses, it has great potential.

The Earth is a tiny blue speck in a universe of unfriendly options.

I hope for your help to explore and protect the wild ocean in ways that will restore the health and, in so doing, secure hope for humankind. Health to the ocean means health for us.