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

We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.

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.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

We have the power to abstain from destructive behavior.

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.

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.