Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Quotes

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Like my father and grandfather, Philippe and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, I’ve dedicated my life to exploring and protecting our seas, in large part through documentary film.

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Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I’m passionate about. CNN’s ‘Going Green’ series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope.

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The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet.

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I went to elementary school in L.A. I was born in L.A. My mother was from Redondo Beach. My father was French. He died six months before I was born, so my mother went home. I was born there. Not the childhood that most people think. Middle-class, raised by my mother. Single mom.

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Growing up with my father’s legacy, we never felt that we had to do anything, but we were always raised to think: What could be better than to explore the wonders of the world and share that with people? To try and make the world a better place. And I guess it stuck.

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My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world.

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Targeting women is key in developing countries. It allows them to go to school, to say how many children they’re going to have, which drives the issue of population and how their children will be educated. Women are the best investments in developing countries.

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We’ve built, drilled, and shipped indiscriminately across our oceans, with little consideration for the natural environment that is critical to the health of many of our other ocean uses, like food and recreation.

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They say that our sense of smell is one of the strongest triggers of memories. Of course, our sense of smell is integral to our sense of taste, so it is no surprise, then, that in a life full of moving and traveling, food has always been a source of familiar comfort for me.

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Our oceans are facing innumerable threats – from overfishing and pollution to ocean acidification and invasive species – yet we haven‘t had a blueprint for its use and development, incredible as that seems.

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My father’s plan was, we were going to grow up and travel the world.

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As an explorer, I know firsthand there are many places in the ocean so full of life that they should be protected. Coral reefs and mangrove coastlines are stressed already by climate change and ocean acidification, and poor planning will just make their plight worse.

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The goal of each EarthEcho Expedition is to inspire and empower youth around the world with the knowledge and tools to take an active role in protecting critical natural resources in their own communities.

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My greatest hope for a future without another Deepwater Horizon disaster lies in our schools, living rooms and community centers, not in boardrooms, political chambers and big industry. If this happens again, we won’t have the luxury of the unknown to shield us from answering ‘Why?’

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Let’s face it. Adventure and exploration are in my blood.

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The first time I ever had the opportunity to dive on the Great Barrier Reef, it was while filming ‘Oceans Deadliest‘ with Steve Irwin. I remember just how awestruck I was by its beauty.

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I have spent many years working in education and media, from hosting documentaries to being a spokesperson for Discovery Education to revolutionizing youth environmental service through my non-profit, EarthEcho International.

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The fundamental essence of science, which I think we’ve lost in our education system, is poking something with a stick and seeing what happens. Embrace that process of inquiry.

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The EarthEcho World Water Monitoring Challenge is an opportunity for anyone, anywhere to make the first step in taking action for clean water and healthy waterways worldwide.

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I’ve been a grant seeker all my life, but when I apply for one and get it, that means someone else doesn’t. I didn’t want to be a part of that anymore. I wanted to contribute to that pool and make it bigger.

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The biggest organ in your body is your skin, and it’s a permeable membrane. Anything you put on it goes into you. If you can’t pronounce most of the words on the back of the bottle, it’s probably not good for you.

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The fact of the matter is our homes are on the frontlines when it comes to protecting and conserving our critical water resources – more than that, they are also key to protecting our health.

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When you talk to a Republican, many of them just outright say, ‘Yeah. Climate change isn’t real,’ without assessing the facts, and it’s a big problem. It’s not a red or blue issue, it’s a green issue… Not because of facts or science but because of emotion.

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In many ways, our homes act as one big drain that, through our daily relationship with water, carries many toxic substances into our waterways and the environment.

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Phoenix is an interesting example. Drive around and see the golf courses everywhere, and you see people’s big green lawns. And you live in a desert! I’ve always remarked about the capacity of human beings to look at somewhere and move there because of its uniqueness and its beauty and then change it.

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I’ve been on my grandfather’s boat, Calypso, twice in my life. My mother raised me in a pretty typical middle-class life.

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Some parts of our oceans, like the rich and mysterious recesses of our Atlantic submarine canyons and seamounts, are so stunning and sensitive they deserve to be protected from destructive activities.

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Despite their lack of visual impact, headline sex-appeal, and their ‘out of sight, out of mind‘ nature, we should all care about aquatic dead zones because we are all connected to their causes and we all feel their impacts.

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Ocean acidification is caused by the ocean absorbing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the same carbon dioxide that is the primary cause of global warming, hence the nickname ‘the other carbon problem.’ As they do so, the oceans become more acidic with terrible consequences.

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Since oceans are the life support system of our planet, regulating the climate, providing most of our oxygen and feeding over a billion people, what’s bad for oceans is bad for us – very bad.

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Philippe Cousteau, Jr. Quotes

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