There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When you are a child you learn your alphabet, your numbers, but increasingly, we must learn from the earliest stages that the… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It's an appreciation for life generally, every bit of life, the smallest creature that lives in the intestines of termites that make… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We have taken the manatees out of the areas in the Caribbean and really elsewhere in the world, and this disruption to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Everybody can make choices that will make peace with the natural world. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Fish from all over the world, from deep in the sea, wind up in countries from Germany to Japan. That is just… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There are now more than 4,000 places in the sea around the world that have some kind of protection. The bad news:… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Success underwater depends mostly on how you conduct yourself. Diving can be the most relaxing experience in the world. Your weight seems… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Some experts look at global warming, increased world temperature, as the critical tipping point that is causing a crash in coral reef… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Why does evolution matter? There is so much about the evolution of life, the development of life on Earth that should rivet… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Throughout all of human history we have consumed the natural world. All creatures do. Birds do. Fish do. Earthworms do. We consume… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We still have 10 percent of the sharks. We still have half of the coral reefs. However, if we wait another 50 years, opportunities… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
Evolution is not something to be feared. It's to be celebrated, embraced, and understood. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are depleting this immense diversity and abundance of life, and it matters tremendously for the future of the planet. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual creature somebody found, they would always come to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.' — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
With respect to the ocean being the heart of our blue planet: We are often asked, 'How much protection is enough?' We can only… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
The ocean seemed like a sea of Eden. But now we are facing paradise lost. — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
When you think about the real cost of so-called cheap energy that has driven our prosperity to unprecedented levels, for some of us, to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
