We've Got To Alter Our Fossil Fuel

When I Arrived On The Planet, There Were Only Two Billion. Wildlife Was More Abundant, We Were Less So; Now The Situation Is Reversed.

With Every Drop Of Water You Drink, Every Breath You Take, You're Connected To The Sea. No Matter Where On Earth You Live.

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.

Since I Began Exploring The Ocean In The 1950s, 90 Percent Of The Big Fish Have Been Stripped Away. Tuna, Sharks, Swordfish, Cod, Halibut, You Name It, The Numbers Have Just Collapsed. Also, About Half Of The Coral Reefs Are Gone, Globally, From Where They Were Just A Few Decades Ago.

If We Have A Hope Of Really Understanding Our Place In Nature And Of Carving Out A Place For Ourselves That Is Sustainable, It's Primarily Because Of The New Level Of Communication. It Used To Be, 'what You Don't Have In Your Mind, You Have On Your Shelf.' But Now We Have The Web.