Mark Powell
Mark Powell
Mark Anthony Richard Powellis a British fashion designer whose emphasis on bespoke tailoring has gained a celebrity clientele with custom from actors George Clooney, Daniel Radcliffe and Martin Freeman, rock stars and style icons Bryan Ferry, Mick Jagger and Paul Weller and supermodel Naomi Campbell...
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth11 November 1960
jobs ocean cutting
Unfortunately, there's a big, bad new bully threatening ocean animals, climate change. We might save fish only to have them starve because of climate change. It seems like the problems just won't stop. That's what got me to quit my cushy University job and take a big pay cut to work on conservation.
ocean animal thinking
Oceans need more attention because climate change IS an ocean issue. Our oceans will be the first victim, and sea life will suffer dramatically. Detailed proof is hard in ocean science, but I think we're already seeing big ocean changes caused by climate change, such as starvation of whales, seabirds, and other animals off the coast US west coast.
ocean opportunity talking
Much of the attention on oceans has portrayed oceans as a villain. Warm water strengthened Hurricane Katrina that pounded Louisiana. Rising sea level will flood islands and coastal areas. Or, we're talking about new opportunities like a new shipping lane in the Arctic because of melting sea ice. These may be the obvious problems, but they're probably not the biggest ones.
ocean animal water
Beneath the ocean surface, bad things are happening. Increasing CO2 makes ocean water more acid, and that threatens to dissolve the shells of some ocean animals. Ouch, how'd you like to have your shell dissolve?
real ocean ice-cream
We scientists can argue forever about important topics like slightly different flavors of vanilla ice cream. Consider the silliness of this debate: one group of scientists found a 90% decline of big fish and criticized fishery management. Some other scientists found an 80% decline and started a big argument with the 90% people. Who cares if it's 80% or 90%? The real question is whether it's OK to let fishermen take most of the big fish out of our oceans.
ocean ideas people
We're [Ocean Conservancy group] trying to convince people it's a bad idea to catch fish faster than they can reproduce. That should be a duh, but it's still going on.
attorney fingers general hope order patiently wait
We will wait patiently and hope the attorney general doesn't come out with a cease-and-desist order or something like that, ... We'll keep our fingers crossed.
bad event people
People go through a bad event like that, and they want to feel it was something it couldn't be prevented. In a lot of cases, it can be prevented.
ahead allow continuing fishing ignore law listen managers science time
Today, fishery managers are continuing to ignore the law and allow unsustainable fishing for too many of our economically and ecologically important fish. It's time to listen to the science and put long-term sustainability ahead of short-term profits.
believe human
What would you say if I were to tell you that I believe you're as human as I am?
business forward levels
Levels of new business enquiries are encouraging and we look forward with confidence.
category hear perception public
It's important from a public perception standpoint. They won't want to hear it was a Category 3.
failure level
With this level of failure, it makes little sense to weaken protections for fish,
elected home school
Go home Jesse, ... We elected our school board, not Jesse Jackson.