Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing.
Interpretation
Water is essential for life and interconnected with environmental challenges.
This quote emphasizes the vital role of water in sustaining life on Earth and underlines its significance as a central issue in environmental discussions. Philippe Cousteau, Jr. suggests that water is not only precious in its own right but also serves as a crucial link to broader environmental problems, such as climate change, which impact all living beings.
In practice
In a speech about environmental conservation, one might say, 'As Philippe Cousteau, Jr. reminds us, we truly live on a water planet.'
As our technology evolves, we will have the capacity to reach new, ever-increasing depths. The question is what kind of technology, in the end, do we want to deploy in the far reaches of the ocean? Tools of science, ecology and documentation, or the destructive tools of heavy industry?
My grandfather pioneered exploration of what he called 'our water planet,' then my father sought to understand the human connection, and now, as part of the third generation, I'm dedicated to not only raising awareness but also to empowering people to take action.
Since oceans are the life support system of our planet, regulating the climate, providing most of our oxygen and feeding over a billion people, what's bad for oceans is bad for us - very bad.
Despite their lack of visual impact, headline sex-appeal, and their 'out of sight, out of mind' nature, we should all care about aquatic dead zones because we are all connected to their causes and we all feel their impacts.
There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked.
Targeting women is key in developing countries. It allows them to go to school, to say how many children they're going to have, which drives the issue of population and how their children will be educated. Women are the best investments in developing countries.
One day's exposure to mountains is better than a cartload of books.
All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
The ocean is the source of life. We all come from there. I think about these one-celled creatures, and I think about the planet. It is related to my obsession with biology, even if it's only a layperson's obsession. The way I visualise what's at the bottom of the ocean is very much to do with how I feel when I'm swimming in the sea.
The seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts_x000D_ _x000D_ Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose.
Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons
Climate change is for real. We have just a small window of opportunity and it is closing rather rapidly. There is not a moment to lose.
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