Sylvia Earle Quotes

In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

I think it's really important that we understand that we share this world and we're connected to it.

The problem, then, is how to bring about a striving for harmony with land among a people many of whom have forgotten there is any such thing as land, among whom education and culture have become almost synonymous with landlessness. This is the problem of conservation education.

Passion is lifted from the earth itself by the muddy hands of the young; it travels along grass-stained sleeves to the heart. If we are going to save environmentalism and the environment, we must also save an endangered indicator species: the child in nature.

I am a conservationist. It is in my DNA.

I'm a big believer in our connection to nature.

Natures' curriculum cannot be changed.

The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence.

I say I am a Planetwalker. Then I have to explain that a Planetwalker is anyone who walks the planet as a lifestyle choice, as part of an education in the spirit and hope of using the journey to benefit the world.

Both EarthEcho and Seventh Generation understand that young people have the power to change the world - one home, one school and one community at a time.

Ecology should be object lessons that the world sees, that explains in a visceral, physical way, the attributes of God.

It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us.

Right now, we don't have a very good relation with creation.

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

We're getting closer to our nature.

In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks' position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can - and have, in some cases - been able to educate and influence people.

You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural history programmes should be for.

In the state of Wisconsin it's mandated that teachers in the social sciences and hard sciences have to start giving environmental education by the first grade, through high school.

The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.

The environment is more than just nature. The environment is peoples needs.

We - the current generation - have a moral responsibility to make the world better for future generations.

I think everyone born in Oregon is an environmentalist by birth.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

First and foremost we are Earthlings.