Conservation Quote by Sylvia Earle

“Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.” quote by Sylvia Earle — Download Open image

“Many of us ask what can I, as one person, do, but history shows us that everything good and bad starts because somebody does something or does not do something.”

Sylvia Earle

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