Nancy Knowlton Quotes
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Most of the damage suffered by the ocean up until now has been caused by local insults - overfishing, pollution, and destruction of habitats. If we tackle these problems now, we buy ourselves time to work on climate change.
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Small steps taken by many people in their backyards add up.
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Live biodiversity is much, much more valuable than anything you could sell in a market.
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When deciding what to do, take advantage of the strengths of where you are.
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I watched the coral reefs that I studied as a student vanish in the blink of an eye, and for decades I wrote and spoke of ocean obituaries. But big scary problems without solutions lead to apathy, not action.
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Hope has more to do with how you feel that human society is going to respond, rather than whether there are solutions.
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Almost everything is small and not only that, almost everything is rare.
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I think people only develop a passion for protecting things if they know what is at risk.