It's Taken Us A Short Time To

This Is A Living Planet. Look Around. Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Look Beyond Our Solar System. Where Else Is There A Place That Works, That Is Just Right For The Likes Of Us? It Has Not Happened Just Instantly. It Is Vulnerable To Our Actions. But It's The Result Of Four And A Half Billion Years Of Evolution, Of Change Over Time. And It Changes Every Day, All The Time. It Would Be In Our Interest To Try To Maintain A Certain Level Of Stability That Has Enabled Us To Prosper, To Not Wreck The Very Systems That Give Us Life.

We Are Blessed With A Place That Is Open To The Universe And, Despite This, Supports This Very Thin Envelope Of Air We Call Atmosphere, Which Holds Just The Right Amount Of Oxygen For Us To Breathe.

We Don't Have To Be That Greedy Generation That Just Continued To Take Down The Underpinnings Of What Makes The Planet Work In Our Favor.

It Has Taken These Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Years To Fine-tune The Earth To A Point Where It Is Suitable For The Likes Of Us.

The Living Ocean Drives Planetary Chemistry, Governs Climate And Weather, And Otherwise Provides The Cornerstone Of The Life-support System For All Creatures On Our Planet, From Deep-sea Starfish To Desert Sagebrush. That's Why The Ocean Matters. If The Sea Is Sick, We'll Feel It. If It Dies, We Die. Our Future And The State Of The Oceans Are One.