Protecting the Earth's Blue Heart
Last year, a big eye opener for me was watching Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth. More recently, I have been reading Thomas Friedman's new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded. It's sad and depressing to watch, even in the span of my own lifetime, what we are doing to our precious planet.
In a world of chaos, it's great to see leadership in these areas shining like a beacon of light amongst the mass ignorance. Today, I came across this inspiring TED talk by Sylvia Earle about saving the blue heart of our planet. It's 18 minutes well spent, and I highly recommend it. My favorite quote from Sylvia was about two minutes in as a response to an earlier TED talk by Jill Tarter from SETI on the search for intelligent life elsewhere. She says "My hope, Jill, is that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet." It drew a big laugh, but sadly it's true. You can watch below, or go to TED directly here. Enjoy.
In a related talk, check out Captain Charles Moore on Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as he talks about the sea of plastic we are leaving in the wake of wastefulness of our throw away world.
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