Our Job Is To Keep What Is

Look At The Bark Of A Redwood, And You See Moss. If You Peer Beneath The Bits And Pieces Of The Moss, You'll See Toads, Small Insects, A Whole Host Of Life That Prospers In That Miniature Environment. A Lumberman Will Look At A Forest And See So Many Board Feet Of Lumber. I See A Living City.

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.

I've Had The Joy Of Spending Thousands Of Hours Under The Sea. I Wish I Could Take People Along To See What I See, And To Know What I Know.

Many Of Us Ask What Can I, As One Person, Do, But History Shows Us That Everything Good And Bad Starts Because Somebody Does Something Or Does Not Do Something.

Look At A Child And Realize That Their Future Is In Your Hands. It's Not Just Those Who Will Be Here Fifty Years From Now. The Decisions We Make In The Next Ten Years Will Shape The Next 10,000 Years.