In this episode of The Rich Roll Podcast, Legendary National Geographic fellow Sylvia Earle shares her thoughts on the importance of preserving and protecting our most vital resource: our oceans. To read more about Sylvia and peruse the full show notes, go here👉🏾http://bit.ly/richroll660 ✌🏼🌱 - Rich LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/rrpitunes Spotify: http://bit.ly/rrpspotify Google: http://bit.ly/rrpgooglepods Meal Planner: http://meals.richroll.com Voicing Change Book: http://richroll.com/vc Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RichRollPodcastClips Newsletter: http://bit.ly/rollcallemail CONNECT WITH RICH ✩ Website - http://richroll.com​ ✩ Rich Roll Podcast - https://richroll.com/all-episodes/ ✩ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/richroll/ ✩ Twitter - https://twitter.com/richroll ✩ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/richrollfans ✩ Strava - https://www.strava.com/athletes/14443?oq=rich ✩ Memoir: Finding Ultra - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/finding-ultra/ ✩ Meals - http://meals.richroll.com​ ✩ Cook - The Plantpower Way - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-signed/ ✩ Italian! - The Plantpower Way: Italia - https://www.richroll.com/shop/books/the-plantpower-way-italia-signed/ ✩ Support - https://www.patreon.com/richroll FILMED AND EDITED BY BLAKE CURTIS AND MARGO LUBIN https://www.blakecurtis.net/ 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:29 Opening 00:03:07 COP25 Glasgow with Al Gore and John Kerry 00:08:11 The Urgency of the Hour 00:09:02 How Little We Know About the Ocean 00:14:00 How We View Ocean Life: Calling for an End to Commercial Fishing 00:20:57 Empathy Quote 00:21:12 Creating Empathy, Ocean Accessibility... Do We Really Need to Eat Tuna? 00:25:06 Convenient Assumptions 00:26:55 Oppose Cutting Down Old Forests--Planting New Trees Does Not Balance Out the Loss 00:28:03 Why Should We Care About Ocean Health? 00:35:05 By Protecting Nature, Recovery is Possible. 00:39:38 Reasons to Hope for Change: Increase in Sea Turtles 00:51:28 Contending with Deep Sea Mining 00:59:10 Thoughts on the Nature's Circular No-Waste Systems 01:04:14 We Don't Value Nature... It's "In the Way." 01:12:13 If Enough People Start Moving in the Right Direction, Change is Possible 01:14:38 Nobody Can Tell You What to Do Better Than You 01:16:04 You are in Charge of Maintaining Your Hope: Find Your Piece to Change 01:21:16 Jane Goodall 01:35:25 Bioluminescent Creatures: Ocean Exploration 01:42:54 Sylvia's Book, Ocean: A Global Odyssey 01:49:51 30x30 Initiative 01:54:28 Sylvia's Future Projects 01:59:01 Closing Thoughts * * * * * NEW TO RICH? Hi I'm Rich Roll. I'm a vegan ultra-endurance athlete, author, podcaster, public speaker & wellness evangelist. But mainly I'm a dad of four. If you want to know more, visit my website or check out these two the NY Times articles: http://bit.ly/otillonyt http://bit.ly/vegansglam I LOVE MAIL! SEND IT HERE: 29617 Agoura Rd. Agoura Hills, CA 91301 #richroll #richrollpodcast