Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.
Sylvia EarleRead
There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Oil rigs can serve as habitats for marine life rather than just being discarded after use.
Sylvia Earle emphasizes the ecological role of oil rigs in the ocean, suggesting that instead of viewing them solely as industrial structures to be dismantled after their purpose is fulfilled, we should recognize their potential to support marine ecosystems. This perspective encourages a more holistic understanding of human infrastructure's impact on nature, highlighting the adaptability of life and the interconnectedness of human activities and marine habitats.
Themes
Oil RigsMarine LifeHabitatEcologyEnvironment
In practice
Example use cases
During a presentation on marine conservation, you might quote Sylvia Earle to highlight the importance of considering artificial structures as potential habitats.
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All quotes →I'm haunted by the thought of what Ray Anderson calls 'tomorrow's child,' asking why we didn't do something on our watch to save sharks and bluefin tuna and squids and coral reefs and the living ocean while there still was time. Well, now is that time.
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Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.
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There is a terribly terrestrial mindset about what we need to do to take care of the planet-as if the ocean somehow doesn't matter or is so big, so vast that it can take care of itself, or that there is nothing that we could possibly do that we could harm the ocean...We are learning otherwise.
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No water, no life. No blue, no green.
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I have come up at the end of a dive, and the boat was not where I left it. I had to take care of a buddy who did panic. But I was confident the boat would come back.
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