We don't have to be that greedy generation that just continued to take down the underpinnings of what makes the planet work in our favor.

That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now" - well, I'm personally driven by wanting to get out of my life the best I can achieve as a gift for those who come after me.

There are a lot of smart creatures out there. Dolphins, elephants, and whales are smart. And there are some really smart birds. I know some really intelligent fish. But they cannot know what humans know and are incapable of inflicting as much damage.

Most of life on Earth has a deep past, much deeper than ours. And we have benefited from the distillation of all preceding history, call it evolutionary history if you will.

It is not too late to turn things around.

The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it.

Childcare is a huge issue for young women whose work may require them to leave their families for weeks at a time.