Chapter 6THE WORLD
Dr Sylvia Earle is truly remarkable person, having dedicated her life to the protection of the world's oceans. A marine biologist, explorer, author and lecturer, Dr Earle was named by Time magazine as its first ‘Hero for the Planet’ in 1998, was the first female chief scientist for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations and is part of the environmental group known as the Ocean Elders. She has said many inspiring things, and these quote below really hit home for me.
‘You cannot care about what you do not know’
and
‘What we do in the next years will have an impact on the next 10,000 years’
Giving a TED talk in 2009, Dr Earle said:
‘Astronauts and aquanauts alike really appreciate the importance of air, food, ...
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