The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.
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SYLVIA EARLE With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matte... SYLVIA EARLE The best scientists and explorers have the attributes of kids! They ask question and have a sense of... SYLVIA EARLE For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist e... SYLVIA EARLE 'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links... SYLVIA EARLE Humans are the only creatures with the ability to dive deep in the sea, fly high in the sky, send in... SYLVIA EARLE The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a cha... SYLVIA EARLE For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what ... SYLVIA EARLE We have been far too aggressive about extracting ocean wildlife, not appreciating that there are lim... SYLVIA EARLE My objection to the death penalty is based on the idea that this is a democracy, and in a democracy ... STEVE EARLE The sudden release of five million barrels of oil, enormous quantities of methane and two million ga... SYLVIA EARLE It amazes me that the most Christian funerals are the most barbaric funeral rites of passage that ar... STEVE EARLE Look at the bark of a redwood, and you see moss. If you peer beneath the bits and pieces of the moss... SYLVIA EARLE Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some kri... SYLVIA EARLE Bottom trawling is a ghastly process that brings untold damage to sea beds that support ocean life. ... SYLVIA EARLE As a child, I was aware of the widely-held attitude that the ocean is so big, so resilient that we c... SYLVIA EARLE I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, b... SYLVIA EARLE By the end of the 20th century, up to 90 percent of the sharks, tuna, swordfish, marlins, groupers, ... SYLVIA EARLE We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do. SYLVIA EARLE My mother was known as the 'bird lady' of the neighborhood. Anything injured, or any unusual... SYLVIA EARLE Our insatiable appetite for fossil fuels and the corporate mandate to maximize shareholder value enc... SYLVIA EARLE