Sylvia Earle
Sylvia Earle
Sylvia AliceEarleis an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998. Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth30 August 1935
CountryUnited States of America
war use weapons
What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.
use helping ifs
Everyone has power. But it doesn't help if you don't use it.
attitude arrogance achieve
That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now" - well, I'm personally driven by wanting to get out of my life the best I can achieve as a gift for those who come after me.
growing-up grows
I am not in any hurry to grow up.
ocean mean humankind
Health to the ocean means health for us.
ice age coral-reefs
Ice ages have come and gone. Coral reefs have persisted.
numbers what-matters missing
There's something missing about how we're informing the youngsters coming along about what matters in the world. We teach them the numbers and the letters, but we fail to communicate the importance of our connection to the living world.
communication understanding mind
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.
sea people joy
I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
heart oil people
The concept of 'peak oil' has penetrated the hearts and minds of people concerned about energy for the future. 'Peak fish' occurred around the end of the 1980s.
garden sea healthy
Protecting vital sources of renewal - unscathed marshes, healthy reefs, and deep-sea gardens - will provide hope for the future of the Gulf, and for all of us.
believe past worry
We want to believe that we can continue doing what we've done for the past thousand years and not worry about the consequences coming back to us.
kids grandchildren laughing
I love music of all kinds, but there's no greater music than the sound of my grandchildren laughing; my kids, too.
enormous-quantities two oil
The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million gallons of toxic dispersants into an already greatly stressed Gulf of Mexico will permanently alter the nature of the area.