We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the consequences coming back to us.

The Exxon Valdez spill triggered a swift and strong response that changed policies about shipping, about double-hulled construction. A number of laws came into place.

Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity in the oceans is even greater.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.

The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it - because it does.

If Darwin could get into a submarine and see what I've seen, thousand of feet beneath the ocean, I am just confident that he would be inspired to sit down and start writing all over again.