woow i cried in the middle of her speech, man she has so much passion for suriving, and its lthat why i want to pretoct the ocean too, but not for humans, i coulnt care less about the humans, but for the animals, i want to do it for the animals
Excellent presentation..totally blows the mind away. We need to incorporate a global pledge to end all industrialized slaughter of life and get the entire worlds global food processor to be on board to phase out all meat and fish by the next 20 years and incorporate alternatives that will change our entire worlds lifestyle for ever. That means instead of a Food Pyramid we incorporate a Tree of Life for our future generations..
In Siit, Siaton,Philippines, we are still harvesting seaweeds, anchoring on corals, spearfishing in reef areas, and illegal fishing of commercial boats within 200m from the shoreline. Environmental laws are mocked, and nobody enforces the laws, and police blotters on illegal activities are ignored. If you rock the boat, the illegal fishermen threaten or attempt to kill you, so nobody likes to witness or report anything more to the police. WHY?
Incredible and inspirational. Yes this should be shown in schools. In fact, there should be an education program solely about the environment. The children that are in the schools now are fundamental to the future of this planet.
The ocean's an amazing place. Amazing things happen down there, but a small fraction compared to what occurs in the entire Universe. Under the right conditions the complex chemistry we like to call biology or "life" will always occur. I'm not sure why she won this one. Shoulda went to SETI. It is the exploration of the Universe, that makes the exploration of our little oceans possible because space exploration technology will always require better than the best we can do.
I was born near the sea and my livelihood came from the sea. As a child i learned alot of things about the sea. I am now an Advanced PADI Diver and it has been my dream to become a Marine Biologist. I think that people who live near the sea should be educated on Conserving marine life since it is part of our Eco-System, especially children. The ocean is my life and would do anything to save it.
I agree, this is a video that needs to be seen by millions and millions of people! Yes the problem is people..but the bigger problem is the CHOICES PEOPLE are making. That is what she is talking about..and we the people of the earth CAN CHANGE THINGS..if we start making different choices.
this video has changed the way I look at what we take from the oceans - and how it effects us all. please share this video. our life support system depends on a heightened awareness & action.
It is a curious thing. Here we have a passionate and inspiring ecologist of great fortune requesting for more technology so that we can further map our existence. Whilst on the other hand, ignoring the key developers of this technological era have always focused on weapons.
The environmental damge as one vested interest seeks dominion over another nation, all manner of universally lethal toxinsa are released.
The killer is to attempt to hang the plight of the aquatic environment on carbon!
Working for the Northern Alaska Environmental Center in Fairbanks Alaska, and married into a family who depends on the ocean's heath for sustenance, and economic survival, Sylvia's warnings must be heeded- it won't just be sea life that will suffer; all human kind will suffer. And, I love fresh salmon. That's just a meat that cannot be replicated.
Yes, all the fishies are going extinct and yet, the stores are all just piled up with fish. Hmmm...they must be raising them in the employee bathrooms. You idiots are so gullible.
It's a "bubble economy." Unsustainable. (See: Brown's Plan B 4.0) I suggest you read books, listen to field scientists. You know, people actually doing the work.
Though I suppose people don't do that anymore in the USA. You people watch the television, or go on the internet and have the cocky imprudence to think you have been "informed" by these media. Everything's just some power-grabbing political conspiracy, isn't it?
My biology professor gave a similar report to at least 100 of us back in 1995 or so and I'm sure he told every class he taught about an overfishing crisis. We've known yet we still continue our same methods, what we need now is a plan and the courage to adapt to it.
I think I found my new hero. She is the most amazing person. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER INSTEAD OF ALL OF THESE INCONSIDERATE JERKS WHO POLLUTE AND EAT FISH.
this just makes me incredibly angry! how could we have been so naive for so long? it astounds me! this makes me want to go out and make SURE something gets done; because if the oceans go, so do we, and that is terrifying. we only get ONE earth, and she's beautiful and gives us LIFE, so we need to make sure that, above all, she is protected, as well as ALL of the Earthlings that inhabit her, on land, sky AND sea.
Sylvia Earle is my hero . . . it is because of her that I became a marine biologist. You can hear the passion she has for this precious resource - our ocean. PLEASE do your part to save our seas!!
She isn't saying that we can't eat of the oceans. She is making a plea to preserve sea creature's habitats so that we can continue to sustain ourselves on them.
the problem is, that there seems to be a general desire to reproduce/have kids. ...however there also should be a theoretical limit to a species population that one eco system with definite size can sustain.
We have to change our present economic system that is based on intrest and a continous growing bottom line. It is a system gives birth to greed and blatant competion for our limited and finite natural resources. We must learn to live with less wants and learn to be more compassionate to the ecology that sustains us and our fellow man. We need a just and new economic system for the present system is leading us to oblivion. Perhaps a new world war.
Setting up marine sanctuaries, where fishing is banned, all over the world, just like we have protected forests, should be a priority - but it can only be achieved by global agreements, and active enforcement to guard the sanctuaries. We humans are so greedy, and find such difficulty in seeing how our little individual actions pile up to produce a massive effect, that such organization, and enforced protective legislation is necessary to prevent us from slowly killing that which keeps us alive.
The problem is too many people. The only three solutions:
1. Have alot less babies and die faster.
2. Populate new areas such as other planets and outer space every time the human population per square mile gets beyond a certain amount in a given habitat.
Inevitably, that is the only solution. We cannot innovate a way to sustain the earth with an infinitely increasing population.
no not really, every person on earth could have a half acre lot and fit on the australian continent, we are too bunched together, and we mass produce foods, we need to feed ourselves with community gardens and eat way less meat and fish. and stop mass production of all animal based foods..
this problem in humanity's psyche is so massive, so destructive... little short of a revolution in thought, and thus our societies, will ensure our future.
This video is inspiring and disheartening. The problems we cause in the oceans are largely due to overfishing, that is, treating the ocean like a "commons". ITQs and an increase in fish farming would cure that, but neither of them is mentioned here.
massive scale fish farming has it's own set of problems; chiefly with feeding such large amounts of fish and dealing with diseases from excrement, PCB's, methylmercury.
which isn't to say it's not possible this could be helpful... only that such large-scale fish farming would have to be re-thought in terms of it's long-term impact and sustainability as well. seeing as the point is to ensure the planet's future, and not expend more than we have.
I'm confused as to your point. Fish farming (if we do it right) could help save the oceans while providing long-term sustainability for humans and wild fish populations. Were you poop-canning my point or agreeing with it? :)
we do need to increase fish farming on a massive scale... the only problem is the farming practice itself needs to be more efficient and sustainable.
they use all sorts of junk in the feed, as well as taking usual industry shortcuts to fatten fish quickly, dye them the right color, and keep them fresh.
we need fish farming, but we also need large scale reform. or else the problem only compounds itself.
feeding people while ensuring the health of the planet.
Another big problem with fish farming is that often the fish being farmed are predators - i.e. they eat other fish. This means we still have to keep fishing the oceans to feed the fish we are farming! Worse still, the conversion rate is often less than 1:1 (i.e. it takes >1kg of fish in feed to produce 1kg of farmed fish flesh). There's also a food security issue here as often the fish caught for feed would be eaten by poor(er) people, but instead it's used to produce luxury fish for the rich.
Maybe I am just a mental midget, but it seems to me that if you can grow food in a farm, you can also grow feed for the food on other farms? I could be a complete simpleton, but it also seems to me that there are ways to artificially simulate the nutrition that farmed fish would eat?
You last point about food security is huh? a moron like me can't grasp your logic.
Did you really just use wealth envy to justify rejection of large scale fish farming?
To be clear, not all farming is bad & technology is improving BUT it's not the only and ultimate solution or cure to the problem, as you stated. It's much better for herbivorous species where you don't need to feed them fish (e.g. tilapia, catfish). Simulation of natural diet has not developed well enough yet to attain a sufficiently efficient conversion rate. Farming food fish as well as the fish you feed it to is just completely nonsensical and misses the point altogether. (to be continued)
Please continue. Very insightful. Conversion ratios for beef, goats and sheep are most efficient and healthful on grass. The math for farming fish that are carnivores is terrible and just as bad or worse than overfishing the wild. Proper farming of herbivores like tilapia and catfish is the best solution for eating fish.
There is a much bigger issue underlying Sylvia's speech and that is the overall health of the oceans.
The oceans cover 2/3 of the earth's surface and >97% of the volume of water on the planet.
Read again, to fully digest this:
The oceans cover 2/3 of the earth's surface and >97% of the volume of water on the planet.
Human life is dependent upon, and dictated by, healthy oceans. It provides half the oxygen we breathe and is the biggest absorber of carbon dioxide on the planet.
So, as I said earlier - aquaculture and ITQs, if they are well implemented, can contribute to sustainable management of fisheries, BUT it is really important to recognise that they are only pieces in a huge puzzle. We still need to manage our wild fisheries better, manage the waste we pour into the oceans better, manage our carbon emissions better, etc, etc. Marine protected areas, that Sylvia calls for, are another piece in the puzzle. Right now less than 1% of the world's oceans are protected.
This is just not true. While there is a role for aquaculture & ITQs in managing how we use marine resources, they each come with their own disadvantages and enormous challenges in implementation. Neither one is a 'cure' for overfishing.
The far more pressing reality is simply that we are taking too much out of the oceans, and putting too much poison and waste into it (including carbon dioxide), too quickly. The cure will inevitably be as complex as the problem and MPAs are one part of it.
Environmentalist extremists are stalwartly against fish farming and ITQs. Yet those two things alone would save more ocean than they will ever admit. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
She is a sympathic and touching person. But 50 years ago she couldn`t imagine to harm the ocean by throwing something in it or what would mean a self-referred hedonistic lifestyle to the environment? Scientists or technicians only can safe their exciting career lifestyle of research and oraganizing kongress, followed by admirers in need of validation, curiosity and excitement. It´s not prestigious, but I think people modestly staying home leading simply nonconsuming lifes save the world.
"it´s not prestigious, but I think people modestly staying home leading simply nonconsuming lifes save the world. "
No, they don't save the world, they just don't add to the problem. Besides living a nonconsuming life in a industrialised country is near impossible, be it food, medicine, tools or energy in one way or another you are part of the system.
To accuse the scientists who point out the problems in our world of doing it just so they cant have a fun life is quite unfair.
Woah, can't understand why isn't isn't the top video on TedTalks. This is fantastic, because it shows you a world that you don't see often, but is real and important.
I wish there was some higher authority to judge humanity for our crimes... If suddenly our race was to be judged by some Cosmic Court, we'd be jailed for life 5000 times over for crimes against Life on Earth.
it screws up the ecosystem and food chain. For each marine specie there's up to 20 000 other species dependent on it. We take one specie out of that, the system goes out of whack. It'll be like mountain pine beetle crisis. it'll come back to us somehow. We don't know the true consequences.
I'm not trying to make a point. I'm all for responsible actions and I'm not claiming to know some deep truths regarding that matter. However, I think she just didn't make her case.
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel Prize 1921
Simple thing you can do immediately is stop eating meat. And when you see your friends eating that fish burger, slap it out of their mouths because indirectly, their putting nooses around the necks of future generations. Starve the planet murderers in the sea (the trawlers) and put them out of business by being a bit more conscious of the impact your diet has on reality.
The crazy thing about this is that all people need to do to stop the oceans devestation is to sop eating the animals and stop framing kelp to feed land animals. So simple and so obvious but how many of you readers would prefer to taste ocean meat than to have a rich and life filled blue ocean?
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It is all bad, yes. But Jehovah our god will not allow it to become total devastation. Soon, he will step in and take over, through his son, Jesus Christ.
You know as i sit here and read this i cant help myself. Nature will prevale as she always does, What ever course it takes is inevetable, Agreed. question is if we want to be here to see it happen time is short . science is not the blame, the way in witch it was wheeled is. It may come down to massive loss of human life but will we as the stewords of our destany learn the past tells us no. The collapps of great civili- in our own history proves we havent yet learned to say when to say when.
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right off the bat, i totally wana punch this nice lady in the face. I think that people with starange noises coming out of there nose are stupid! ok im joking but really this lady wants to save something that can not be saved. Its not like people will start eating less... its not like resturants will cansel their menus...
LADY PLZ FIND SOME UMMM WAY TO MAKE UMM MONEY AND UMM DONATE IT ALL TO THE OCEAN!
Whether we continue to have babies is not the issue. How we choose to raise these babies is the issue, because if we raise them to be greedy, ignorant, self-serving little shits, then we shouldn't complain when they make greedy, ignorant, self-serving decisions that f-up the environment and wipe out half the species on the planet in pursuit of more riches, power, and control.
Yes - learn more. Learn all you can about the dying patient who has slipped beyond the point of saving. Go create volumes of recorded knowledge to be ready for the unfortunate few who can do nothing more but witness the exhale of the last breath of life. Help them to fully understand what killed them.
The issue is not population or birth control, it's resource management and the fact that many of our leaders and influential decision makers are making decisions based on selfish, short-sighted, egoic motivations. The only problem is that when choices are made from this mode of thinking, the results will almost always procure imbalances at the ecological, environmental, and social levels. History proves it.
"I wish that we could reduce the human population down to under 1 billion humans"
More people are the cause of just about every problem we have in the world. We need to get our population down and it can be done in 1 human lifetime. If every woman had only 1 baby our population would be cut in 1/2. If this sounds bad or cruel, just think of how mother nature will do it. She WILL stop us from growing, but she won't pick a pleasant way like Birth ctrl
What´s sad is that population growth has already stopped in the enlightened world, but keep on growing in countries where they have more concern of getting food than what happens 50 or 100 years from now. And it´s much harder trying to control population growth in africa than anywhere else..
The Irony is that by curing AIDS down there, we might be killing our selves.
The Africans were doing fine before people started going there and messing with them. Now that their entire way of living has been F-d up, they're struggling to deal with the problems that emerged as a result of the stupidity caused by a few ignorant colonialists.
And while the population in Africa might be hard to control, it's the greed of the western capitalist system that is proving to be the hardest problem to solve of all time.
Are you suggesting that the only solution available to us is to commit suicide?
The way I see it, humans have been living here for a long time without any problems. It's only been in the last 100 years since people started becoming greedy and behaving even greedier that problems have started to arise. IMO it's not that we're alive that's the problem, it's how we choose to live our lives that's the problem (i.e. capitalism).
best comment I've read so far. but dont pick on certain lifestyles. they'll be running after you like barbarians. I'm not implying that they are barbarians, I'm simply saying a comparison.
Do you think the US borders could have supported 300million Indians? They lived mostly off of large animals and 300m Indians would have long destroyed the large animals. Granted, lowering our lifestyle would help, but wouldn't you rather see fewer people with better lifestyles than many people with lousy lifestyles? What is so great about more people? Remember, I'm not talking about killing anyone, just birth control.
Lowering our lifestyle means lowering our collective desire for more. But I don't see this happening given that consumerism is king. On the other hand, if you just cut the lifestyle support-based by making it harder for people to consume, while ignoring the psychological basis that fuels consumerism, then it will just increase the level of stress and drive people to find other ways to express their desires (i.e. unlawfully), forcing a police state.
The only problem is that while science may hold all the keys to unlocking a global utopia, the million dollar question is: "Who's holding science?" Because the way I see it, science is a tool in the same way that a hammer is a tool. But if an deranged lunatic is holding that hammer, then don't expect him to build a house.
I'll quote Alan Watts:
"When the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work the wrong way."
well.. we need diversity. it's evolution. however, people aren't being productive in how they live. lifestyles need improving, but that doesnt mean we should go for birth control. maybe an epidemic where it's no one's fault. but still, the next baby can be the next einstein
With the advancements in technology today, anyone can be an Einstein or a Tesla, it just depends on who's leading the charge... the sane? or the insane?
Yet since we have so many people, education suffers and greatly reduces the likelihood of the next Einstein. Anyway Einstein gave us the single worst invention in the history of mankind. He gave us the technology to sterilize the earth and put it in the hands of people who believe the earth is 6k years old. People who think Jesus is going to show up in our life time and create the rapture. If you think the world is going to end in your lifetime, why worry about sustainability?
believe me, a new einstein doesnt just pop up. einstein was a genius, he didnt rely too heavily on the education system. and dont go all crazy. dont reply. i dont want to have to come back to this page. i just want to eat my waffle
Quantity is not the issue. Quality is. We've got a bunch of low quality leaders making decisions based on their own self-interests, hence the resource management issues that we now face.
Even if we had the most wise perfect Utopian leaders, nothing is going to change the fact that there are too many of us. We could do less damage and last longer, but we could never be sustainable at our numbers. We can choose our own path, or we can let nature choose it for us. I can assure you that natures way will not be pleasant. Birth control is the answer. We need to be under 1b people with good leadership to be sustainable.
FINALLY, SOMEONE SAYS IT!!! YES, SHARE IT SCHOOLS ASAP!!!
bmwz3rdstr 2 days ago
woow i cried in the middle of her speech, man she has so much passion for suriving, and its lthat why i want to pretoct the ocean too, but not for humans, i coulnt care less about the humans, but for the animals, i want to do it for the animals
Thebullshitism 2 weeks ago
Excellent presentation..totally blows the mind away. We need to incorporate a global pledge to end all industrialized slaughter of life and get the entire worlds global food processor to be on board to phase out all meat and fish by the next 20 years and incorporate alternatives that will change our entire worlds lifestyle for ever. That means instead of a Food Pyramid we incorporate a Tree of Life for our future generations..
OmarHaleemOne 3 weeks ago 2
@OmarHaleemOne i love this post!
MeemozParadoX 2 weeks ago
research Agenda 21.
Sourpusscandy 3 weeks ago
sylvia comes to my pet shop...she signed her book for me! shes sooo smart!
braedonized 2 months ago
HAIKU
I hatch! Crawl! And swim!
Oh how I love my sweet life,
But—why’s the sea so warm?
—A Green Sea Turtle
StephanieLisaTara 4 months ago
@StephanieLisaTara Haiku - 5-7-5. whatever yours is, is 5-7-6
stjoes14 3 months ago
Who are the 13 morons who disliked it? I guess they don't care if the whole planet, them along with it, dies in 40 years.
ano7835 7 months ago
Who are the 13 morons who disliked it? I guess they don't care if the whole planet, them along with it, dies in 40 years.
ano7835 7 months ago
In Siit, Siaton,Philippines, we are still harvesting seaweeds, anchoring on corals, spearfishing in reef areas, and illegal fishing of commercial boats within 200m from the shoreline. Environmental laws are mocked, and nobody enforces the laws, and police blotters on illegal activities are ignored. If you rock the boat, the illegal fishermen threaten or attempt to kill you, so nobody likes to witness or report anything more to the police. WHY?
MrBluelogic 7 months ago
you see , stop pissing the sea
MrFatRocky 7 months ago
Dr Sylvia Earle is amazing!!!! I am a great fan!!!
downdeep35 9 months ago 3
this woman is my hero
Kerryn101 9 months ago
thanks
archeng123 10 months ago
Incredible and inspirational. Yes this should be shown in schools. In fact, there should be an education program solely about the environment. The children that are in the schools now are fundamental to the future of this planet.
sophoir1 10 months ago
I am going to bookmark it.... This is eye opening... Thanks Sylvia.
vaibhav7314 10 months ago 2
The ocean's an amazing place. Amazing things happen down there, but a small fraction compared to what occurs in the entire Universe. Under the right conditions the complex chemistry we like to call biology or "life" will always occur. I'm not sure why she won this one. Shoulda went to SETI. It is the exploration of the Universe, that makes the exploration of our little oceans possible because space exploration technology will always require better than the best we can do.
ForeverFreeride 10 months ago
STOP EATING SEAFOOD, I don't eat, thumbs up if you agree!
vijishellboy 10 months ago 7
I was born near the sea and my livelihood came from the sea. As a child i learned alot of things about the sea. I am now an Advanced PADI Diver and it has been my dream to become a Marine Biologist. I think that people who live near the sea should be educated on Conserving marine life since it is part of our Eco-System, especially children. The ocean is my life and would do anything to save it.
barbarella60 11 months ago
eat more fruit and vegetables, eat less meat
Liping0 11 months ago
She is a SUPER SEA HERO... SO GRACIOUS <3
Radhadivine1 1 year ago
13 People didn't actually watch this.
Annamandabella 1 year ago
Amazing!!
farlane 1 year ago
Great video! I loved her speech-- she's a fantastic lady and I hope we can all realize her dream and the hurt of the ocean.
zarbar2 1 year ago
Western "culture": Apes with HiTec.
trakkaton 1 year ago 2
Thanks Dr. Slyvia. This would be the my favorite video ever presented by youtube.
MsRareSpecies 1 year ago
This video shows that we need to protect our oceans &
our marine life. To those that have been affected by the
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico -
we see what mankind can do to upset Nature. I live on
the gulf coast of the US and we struggle every day to
make sure we are doing all we can to preserve our
once beautiful white beaches & gorgeous emerald
green water. This oil spill has settled on the gulf's
floor and affects its plants and marine life. ~ Patty
gulf4diving 1 year ago
This should be shown in schools.
dmcdonaldak 1 year ago 23
@dmcdonaldak Yes it should, instead of letting them watch Shrek.
Annamandabella 1 year ago
@dmcdonaldak It is, we watched it science class twice. :D
AhtramFul 9 months ago
@dmcdonaldak It was shown in my school. Really touching video.
mejoe415 5 months ago
@dmcdonaldak it is
MrMD23 5 months ago
@dmcdonaldak it is you fucker
drtwwe08 2 months ago
i love you sylvia
pinchi0 1 year ago
Awesome video !!!
originalrockerdotcom 1 year ago
I agree, this is a video that needs to be seen by millions and millions of people! Yes the problem is people..but the bigger problem is the CHOICES PEOPLE are making. That is what she is talking about..and we the people of the earth CAN CHANGE THINGS..if we start making different choices.
myspiritrocks001 1 year ago 3
If ever there was a testament to the oceans and bio-diversity it is this. Incredible.
vanessalampardallen 1 year ago
We are so connected to the Oceans, but I guess a lot of people don't know that.
Patycake2007 1 year ago
THAT is a video that should be seen by millions of people!
Her voice and speech are amazing!
We are so connected to the Oceans, but I guess a lot of people don't know that.
Patycake2007 1 year ago 2
We are so connected to the Oceans, but I guess a lot of people don't know that.
Patycake2007 1 year ago
THAT is a video that should be seen by millions of people!
Her voice and speech are amazing!
Patycake2007 1 year ago
90%, at least, as bad as things are at the moment, it has to be at least that much
britoca 1 year ago
this video has changed the way I look at what we take from the oceans - and how it effects us all. please share this video. our life support system depends on a heightened awareness & action.
JerseyGirlGenius 1 year ago 2
Wow, great video! You should enter your video into this contest, Ewisdomtv
susanbunch1980 1 year ago
Thank You Dr. Earle.
~The Oceans Are The Lungs Of The Earth.~
sngrmnsthsm 1 year ago
It is a curious thing. Here we have a passionate and inspiring ecologist of great fortune requesting for more technology so that we can further map our existence. Whilst on the other hand, ignoring the key developers of this technological era have always focused on weapons.
The environmental damge as one vested interest seeks dominion over another nation, all manner of universally lethal toxinsa are released.
The killer is to attempt to hang the plight of the aquatic environment on carbon!
pondman27 1 year ago
Working for the Northern Alaska Environmental Center in Fairbanks Alaska, and married into a family who depends on the ocean's heath for sustenance, and economic survival, Sylvia's warnings must be heeded- it won't just be sea life that will suffer; all human kind will suffer. And, I love fresh salmon. That's just a meat that cannot be replicated.
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She is selling you National Socialism......better be careful......cap and trade is next and your freedom..........don't let her get you sappy........
bfpccbm 1 year ago
@bfpccbm You're talking about freedom? What the fuck is freedom, what value does it have when our Earth is destroyed??
Annamandabella 1 year ago
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Yes, all the fishies are going extinct and yet, the stores are all just piled up with fish. Hmmm...they must be raising them in the employee bathrooms. You idiots are so gullible.
JihadJoe99 2 years ago
It's a "bubble economy." Unsustainable. (See: Brown's Plan B 4.0) I suggest you read books, listen to field scientists. You know, people actually doing the work.
Though I suppose people don't do that anymore in the USA. You people watch the television, or go on the internet and have the cocky imprudence to think you have been "informed" by these media. Everything's just some power-grabbing political conspiracy, isn't it?
Why even bother to be educated?
abyssquick 1 year ago
@JihadJoe99 They are breeding fish which is NOT the same thing.
Annamandabella 1 year ago
My biology professor gave a similar report to at least 100 of us back in 1995 or so and I'm sure he told every class he taught about an overfishing crisis. We've known yet we still continue our same methods, what we need now is a plan and the courage to adapt to it.
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JamesWoods234 2 years ago
My master! This our inspiration and motivation to keep working on marine environment!
divamoy 2 years ago
Im doin my project on her :)
nickjluva123 2 years ago
I think I found my new hero. She is the most amazing person. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER INSTEAD OF ALL OF THESE INCONSIDERATE JERKS WHO POLLUTE AND EAT FISH.
musicismyjam9 2 years ago 5
nice speech.but i don think that it will do much impact .most people learn things through the hard work(when doom day is near).
cyq88 2 years ago
this just makes me incredibly angry! how could we have been so naive for so long? it astounds me! this makes me want to go out and make SURE something gets done; because if the oceans go, so do we, and that is terrifying. we only get ONE earth, and she's beautiful and gives us LIFE, so we need to make sure that, above all, she is protected, as well as ALL of the Earthlings that inhabit her, on land, sky AND sea.
KennilworthyWhisp 2 years ago 3
~The Oceans Are The Lungs Of The Earth~
~If We Protect The Oceans We Protect Ourselves~
sngrmnsthsm 2 years ago 3
Sylvia Earle is my hero . . . it is because of her that I became a marine biologist. You can hear the passion she has for this precious resource - our ocean. PLEASE do your part to save our seas!!
lestony97 2 years ago 44
This is where it all began BTW :-)
bendover666 2 years ago
@lestony97 I think the only one is the George Costanza, he is the one who saved the whale!
celpabedn 1 year ago
this woman talks like Carl Sagan :)
Arghira 2 years ago 2
This is a wish worth working towards! Let's all strive to see Sylvia's wish come true!
oceansolutions 2 years ago 5
made my eyes wet from emotion and fury.
jacobvie 2 years ago 3
after 18 minutes of (the sky is falling) ,the last comment is for hope of her favorite spiecies, us.
as warm and fuzzy as that sounds.....
US must be fed.
FISH ARE FOOD !
Republiccommando66 2 years ago
therefore if all the fish is gone, mankind will die as well.
now you know why marine protected areas are so important - for fish to not extinct. every stupid fish that leaves it, may be eaten ;-)
kurthurtig 2 years ago
She isn't saying that we can't eat of the oceans. She is making a plea to preserve sea creature's habitats so that we can continue to sustain ourselves on them.
ArcticOceanAlaska 1 year ago
@Republiccommando66 So is wheat, so go have a slice of bread and shut your trap!
Annamandabella 1 year ago
important message!
Chilldogg 2 years ago 3
thank you for this beautiful speech.
kurthurtig 2 years ago 3
...what species is shown at 8:50..are they Angel Bats?
jonitoth 2 years ago
Shes SO right.
No Blue, No green !
Knuspar 2 years ago 2
We need to establish marine reserves NOW!
VliengWieng 2 years ago 3
FUCKING baby boomers!!
fucking fat americanS!!!!!
RimlandThesis 2 years ago
Beautiful
Crims0nBehelit 2 years ago
Human Overpopulation is the only problem to solve everything.
janosik150 2 years ago 4
I agree. What can we do?
mistaspot1 2 years ago 2
use condom !!! lol
KingKongRules001 2 years ago
the problem is, that there seems to be a general desire to reproduce/have kids. ...however there also should be a theoretical limit to a species population that one eco system with definite size can sustain.
Schneckenzucht 2 years ago
2 child limit for each woman
RandomishhOne 2 years ago 3
no more than 2
cyberspy034 2 years ago 2
This made me cry. :(
cyberhouserulz 2 years ago 2
We have to change our present economic system that is based on intrest and a continous growing bottom line. It is a system gives birth to greed and blatant competion for our limited and finite natural resources. We must learn to live with less wants and learn to be more compassionate to the ecology that sustains us and our fellow man. We need a just and new economic system for the present system is leading us to oblivion. Perhaps a new world war.
junglewallah 2 years ago 2
Setting up marine sanctuaries, where fishing is banned, all over the world, just like we have protected forests, should be a priority - but it can only be achieved by global agreements, and active enforcement to guard the sanctuaries. We humans are so greedy, and find such difficulty in seeing how our little individual actions pile up to produce a massive effect, that such organization, and enforced protective legislation is necessary to prevent us from slowly killing that which keeps us alive.
Stegocephalian 2 years ago 2
An inspiring speech from an amazing woman.
Screenscope 2 years ago 4
Well every human being can eat less sushi or fish or whatever comes from the ocean and start using water responsibly rather than wasting it!
Wamuigi 2 years ago 3
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nuke the whales
thecitysleepsinmatt 2 years ago
@thecitysleepsinmatt Nuke yourself.
Annamandabella 1 year ago
lmao 2:10 that was the funniest shit ive heard EVER!!! bahahahahahahahahahahaha
2trunks 2 years ago
chinesse are more than 1/6 of the population and they all eat fish...
daackmpoy 2 years ago
send me money I will start a fish farm
robstuk666 2 years ago
The problem is too many people. The only three solutions:
1. Have alot less babies and die faster.
2. Populate new areas such as other planets and outer space every time the human population per square mile gets beyond a certain amount in a given habitat.
Inevitably, that is the only solution. We cannot innovate a way to sustain the earth with an infinitely increasing population.
sirachman 2 years ago 9
no not really, every person on earth could have a half acre lot and fit on the australian continent, we are too bunched together, and we mass produce foods, we need to feed ourselves with community gardens and eat way less meat and fish. and stop mass production of all animal based foods..
corrob 2 years ago 3
Yes! We are choking ourselves with mass production.
bluepastel 2 years ago 4
@sirachman Or we unplug our self from the matrix and enter reality.
Now the red pill or the blue pill?
stoddcrew 1 year ago
@stoddcrew You wish.
sirachman 1 year ago
@sirachman
no one on earth would want to do that
Liping0 11 months ago
@Liping0 Then I guess our only choice is number 2. Or we could just deny reality.
sirachman 11 months ago
this problem in humanity's psyche is so massive, so destructive... little short of a revolution in thought, and thus our societies, will ensure our future.
abyssquick 2 years ago
intense
owl975 2 years ago
This video is inspiring and disheartening. The problems we cause in the oceans are largely due to overfishing, that is, treating the ocean like a "commons". ITQs and an increase in fish farming would cure that, but neither of them is mentioned here.
gamp0001 2 years ago 3
massive scale fish farming has it's own set of problems; chiefly with feeding such large amounts of fish and dealing with diseases from excrement, PCB's, methylmercury.
which isn't to say it's not possible this could be helpful... only that such large-scale fish farming would have to be re-thought in terms of it's long-term impact and sustainability as well. seeing as the point is to ensure the planet's future, and not expend more than we have.
abyssquick 2 years ago 2
I'm confused as to your point. Fish farming (if we do it right) could help save the oceans while providing long-term sustainability for humans and wild fish populations. Were you poop-canning my point or agreeing with it? :)
gamp0001 2 years ago
no; i'm not known for discarding.
we do need to increase fish farming on a massive scale... the only problem is the farming practice itself needs to be more efficient and sustainable.
they use all sorts of junk in the feed, as well as taking usual industry shortcuts to fatten fish quickly, dye them the right color, and keep them fresh.
we need fish farming, but we also need large scale reform. or else the problem only compounds itself.
feeding people while ensuring the health of the planet.
abyssquick 2 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree. Any industry that cuts corners to provide shoddy food should be shut down.
That being said, there are oodles environmental engineers who could help us build those farms and make them produce healthy fish foods:).
gamp0001 2 years ago
Another big problem with fish farming is that often the fish being farmed are predators - i.e. they eat other fish. This means we still have to keep fishing the oceans to feed the fish we are farming! Worse still, the conversion rate is often less than 1:1 (i.e. it takes >1kg of fish in feed to produce 1kg of farmed fish flesh). There's also a food security issue here as often the fish caught for feed would be eaten by poor(er) people, but instead it's used to produce luxury fish for the rich.
louisajwood 2 years ago
Maybe I am just a mental midget, but it seems to me that if you can grow food in a farm, you can also grow feed for the food on other farms? I could be a complete simpleton, but it also seems to me that there are ways to artificially simulate the nutrition that farmed fish would eat?
You last point about food security is huh? a moron like me can't grasp your logic.
Did you really just use wealth envy to justify rejection of large scale fish farming?
gamp0001 2 years ago
To be clear, not all farming is bad & technology is improving BUT it's not the only and ultimate solution or cure to the problem, as you stated. It's much better for herbivorous species where you don't need to feed them fish (e.g. tilapia, catfish). Simulation of natural diet has not developed well enough yet to attain a sufficiently efficient conversion rate. Farming food fish as well as the fish you feed it to is just completely nonsensical and misses the point altogether. (to be continued)
louisajwood 2 years ago 2
Please continue. Very insightful. Conversion ratios for beef, goats and sheep are most efficient and healthful on grass. The math for farming fish that are carnivores is terrible and just as bad or worse than overfishing the wild. Proper farming of herbivores like tilapia and catfish is the best solution for eating fish.
oceancontent 2 years ago
There is a much bigger issue underlying Sylvia's speech and that is the overall health of the oceans.
The oceans cover 2/3 of the earth's surface and >97% of the volume of water on the planet.
Read again, to fully digest this:
The oceans cover 2/3 of the earth's surface and >97% of the volume of water on the planet.
Human life is dependent upon, and dictated by, healthy oceans. It provides half the oxygen we breathe and is the biggest absorber of carbon dioxide on the planet.
louisajwood 2 years ago 3
So, as I said earlier - aquaculture and ITQs, if they are well implemented, can contribute to sustainable management of fisheries, BUT it is really important to recognise that they are only pieces in a huge puzzle. We still need to manage our wild fisheries better, manage the waste we pour into the oceans better, manage our carbon emissions better, etc, etc. Marine protected areas, that Sylvia calls for, are another piece in the puzzle. Right now less than 1% of the world's oceans are protected.
louisajwood 2 years ago 2
This is just not true. While there is a role for aquaculture & ITQs in managing how we use marine resources, they each come with their own disadvantages and enormous challenges in implementation. Neither one is a 'cure' for overfishing.
The far more pressing reality is simply that we are taking too much out of the oceans, and putting too much poison and waste into it (including carbon dioxide), too quickly. The cure will inevitably be as complex as the problem and MPAs are one part of it.
louisajwood 2 years ago
Environmentalist extremists are stalwartly against fish farming and ITQs. Yet those two things alone would save more ocean than they will ever admit. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
gamp0001 2 years ago
AWESOME WOMAN!
ashtool 2 years ago 2
Some of those clips were gorgeous.
TheFemaleDurden 2 years ago
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ur videos suk...
paokthes 2 years ago
I have a lot of respect for Sylvia Earle, Google being as big as it is could help with her wish of saving the Oceans.
Baxterfla 2 years ago
She is a sympathic and touching person. But 50 years ago she couldn`t imagine to harm the ocean by throwing something in it or what would mean a self-referred hedonistic lifestyle to the environment? Scientists or technicians only can safe their exciting career lifestyle of research and oraganizing kongress, followed by admirers in need of validation, curiosity and excitement. It´s not prestigious, but I think people modestly staying home leading simply nonconsuming lifes save the world.
womujema 2 years ago
"it´s not prestigious, but I think people modestly staying home leading simply nonconsuming lifes save the world. "
No, they don't save the world, they just don't add to the problem. Besides living a nonconsuming life in a industrialised country is near impossible, be it food, medicine, tools or energy in one way or another you are part of the system.
To accuse the scientists who point out the problems in our world of doing it just so they cant have a fun life is quite unfair.
delete26em 2 years ago 2
Woah, can't understand why isn't isn't the top video on TedTalks. This is fantastic, because it shows you a world that you don't see often, but is real and important.
ErichoTTA 2 years ago
I'm going to miss sushi :'(
edwar666 2 years ago
I had the honor of meeting Dr. Earle six days ago. She is amazing and speaks with great passion about the ocean.
DamagedPirate 2 years ago
I wish there was some higher authority to judge humanity for our crimes... If suddenly our race was to be judged by some Cosmic Court, we'd be jailed for life 5000 times over for crimes against Life on Earth.
sudiin 2 years ago
Blanket judgement sucks. Let each individual answer for his *own* actions.
kaisergrendel 2 years ago
The is such a powerfull speech.
proatheism 2 years ago 2
I would love to meet you, miss.
californiabonfire 2 years ago
Suits are awesome
Ocean is Awesome
Conservation is awesome
Aquanauts are awesome
Vegetarianism is ghey
Humor is ghey
JuxTaPose117 2 years ago
It's "gay," at least spell it right.
1yK3Y4 2 years ago
Man your a real dumbass , baby
JuxTaPose117 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but she didn't sell me at all.
She had nice footage and adorable wishes, but in the end, she never made her case: Why is it bad for us if we eat all the big fish?
The only reason I can think of from watching this video is that future generations might not get such nice footage.
thalamay 2 years ago
i agree, her presentation wasn't very convincing
aliensexfiend 2 years ago
it screws up the ecosystem and food chain. For each marine specie there's up to 20 000 other species dependent on it. We take one specie out of that, the system goes out of whack. It'll be like mountain pine beetle crisis. it'll come back to us somehow. We don't know the true consequences.
soobybabe 2 years ago
"it screws up the ecosystem and food chain..."
I'm not trying to make a point. I'm all for responsible actions and I'm not claiming to know some deep truths regarding that matter. However, I think she just didn't make her case.
thalamay 2 years ago
@thalamay Pay attention shitbird!
Annamandabella 1 year ago
well i was bored before and after watching tjhis video it gave me some entertaintment and encouraged me to keep watching haha :] nicely done.
Chick6517 2 years ago
Imagine the ocean without fish.
loveyoutodeathbut 2 years ago
Another powerful argument for a global shift towards a vegetarian diet.
triumphantdan 2 years ago 4
Did you know that 80% of the soy crop in the U.S. feeds the cattle? Irony...
JaredHutcheson1 2 years ago
yeah and the agricultural industry tells us that massive production leads to cheaper food and higher efficiency.
If the corn and wheat fed to cattle in U.S. are fed to the starving people in developing countries, no one will starve.
soobybabe 2 years ago
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel Prize 1921
soobybabe 2 years ago
I can think of better stuff.
JuxTaPose117 2 years ago
Simple thing you can do immediately is stop eating meat. And when you see your friends eating that fish burger, slap it out of their mouths because indirectly, their putting nooses around the necks of future generations. Starve the planet murderers in the sea (the trawlers) and put them out of business by being a bit more conscious of the impact your diet has on reality.
cosmicbdog 2 years ago
The crazy thing about this is that all people need to do to stop the oceans devestation is to sop eating the animals and stop framing kelp to feed land animals. So simple and so obvious but how many of you readers would prefer to taste ocean meat than to have a rich and life filled blue ocean?
garethblake450 2 years ago
This lady acts like humans and animals will live forever
takerdust 2 years ago
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It is all bad, yes. But Jehovah our god will not allow it to become total devastation. Soon, he will step in and take over, through his son, Jesus Christ.
REVELATION 21:3,4
2nd TIMOTHY 3:1-7
themarshall65 2 years ago
You know as i sit here and read this i cant help myself. Nature will prevale as she always does, What ever course it takes is inevetable, Agreed. question is if we want to be here to see it happen time is short . science is not the blame, the way in witch it was wheeled is. It may come down to massive loss of human life but will we as the stewords of our destany learn the past tells us no. The collapps of great civili- in our own history proves we havent yet learned to say when to say when.
donnie2164 2 years ago
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right off the bat, i totally wana punch this nice lady in the face. I think that people with starange noises coming out of there nose are stupid! ok im joking but really this lady wants to save something that can not be saved. Its not like people will start eating less... its not like resturants will cansel their menus...
LADY PLZ FIND SOME UMMM WAY TO MAKE UMM MONEY AND UMM DONATE IT ALL TO THE OCEAN!
rochet75 2 years ago
Keep having babies folks... humans rule... right?
mooktank 2 years ago
Whether we continue to have babies is not the issue. How we choose to raise these babies is the issue, because if we raise them to be greedy, ignorant, self-serving little shits, then we shouldn't complain when they make greedy, ignorant, self-serving decisions that f-up the environment and wipe out half the species on the planet in pursuit of more riches, power, and control.
Zigahertz 2 years ago 6
ocean photography is always stunning. Pretty depressing. Watching that finless shark sink angered me.
dreaminginnoother 2 years ago
I was holding my tears with this talk, very powerful and touching.
SecularWorld 2 years ago
Yes - learn more. Learn all you can about the dying patient who has slipped beyond the point of saving. Go create volumes of recorded knowledge to be ready for the unfortunate few who can do nothing more but witness the exhale of the last breath of life. Help them to fully understand what killed them.
riceman1230 2 years ago
The issue is not population or birth control, it's resource management and the fact that many of our leaders and influential decision makers are making decisions based on selfish, short-sighted, egoic motivations. The only problem is that when choices are made from this mode of thinking, the results will almost always procure imbalances at the ecological, environmental, and social levels. History proves it.
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago 3
never have i felt more sad after a TEDtalk.
thank you.
deciasacevanuexista 2 years ago 3
Her wish should be changed. Her wish should be
"I wish that we could reduce the human population down to under 1 billion humans"
More people are the cause of just about every problem we have in the world. We need to get our population down and it can be done in 1 human lifetime. If every woman had only 1 baby our population would be cut in 1/2. If this sounds bad or cruel, just think of how mother nature will do it. She WILL stop us from growing, but she won't pick a pleasant way like Birth ctrl
christo930 2 years ago
What´s sad is that population growth has already stopped in the enlightened world, but keep on growing in countries where they have more concern of getting food than what happens 50 or 100 years from now. And it´s much harder trying to control population growth in africa than anywhere else..
The Irony is that by curing AIDS down there, we might be killing our selves.
coRnflEks 2 years ago
The Africans were doing fine before people started going there and messing with them. Now that their entire way of living has been F-d up, they're struggling to deal with the problems that emerged as a result of the stupidity caused by a few ignorant colonialists.
And while the population in Africa might be hard to control, it's the greed of the western capitalist system that is proving to be the hardest problem to solve of all time.
youlikemyusername 2 years ago 3
Humans to earth is what Cervical cancer is to little johnny.
We are the problem- as long as we're alive, well, and consuming, environmental problems stays.
ShrimpnoodIes 2 years ago
Are you suggesting that the only solution available to us is to commit suicide?
The way I see it, humans have been living here for a long time without any problems. It's only been in the last 100 years since people started becoming greedy and behaving even greedier that problems have started to arise. IMO it's not that we're alive that's the problem, it's how we choose to live our lives that's the problem (i.e. capitalism).
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
best comment I've read so far. but dont pick on certain lifestyles. they'll be running after you like barbarians. I'm not implying that they are barbarians, I'm simply saying a comparison.
josephlin01 2 years ago
Do you think the US borders could have supported 300million Indians? They lived mostly off of large animals and 300m Indians would have long destroyed the large animals. Granted, lowering our lifestyle would help, but wouldn't you rather see fewer people with better lifestyles than many people with lousy lifestyles? What is so great about more people? Remember, I'm not talking about killing anyone, just birth control.
christo930 2 years ago
"..lowering our lifestyle would help"
Lowering our lifestyle means lowering our collective desire for more. But I don't see this happening given that consumerism is king. On the other hand, if you just cut the lifestyle support-based by making it harder for people to consume, while ignoring the psychological basis that fuels consumerism, then it will just increase the level of stress and drive people to find other ways to express their desires (i.e. unlawfully), forcing a police state.
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
"..wouldn't you rather see fewer people with better lifestyles than..many people with lousy lifestyles?"
I would rather see everyone with a better lifestyle. And with our current level of scientific advancement, I see no reason why this cannot happen.
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
The only problem is that while science may hold all the keys to unlocking a global utopia, the million dollar question is: "Who's holding science?" Because the way I see it, science is a tool in the same way that a hammer is a tool. But if an deranged lunatic is holding that hammer, then don't expect him to build a house.
I'll quote Alan Watts:
"When the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work the wrong way."
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
well.. we need diversity. it's evolution. however, people aren't being productive in how they live. lifestyles need improving, but that doesnt mean we should go for birth control. maybe an epidemic where it's no one's fault. but still, the next baby can be the next einstein
josephlin01 2 years ago
With the advancements in technology today, anyone can be an Einstein or a Tesla, it just depends on who's leading the charge... the sane? or the insane?
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
Yet since we have so many people, education suffers and greatly reduces the likelihood of the next Einstein. Anyway Einstein gave us the single worst invention in the history of mankind. He gave us the technology to sterilize the earth and put it in the hands of people who believe the earth is 6k years old. People who think Jesus is going to show up in our life time and create the rapture. If you think the world is going to end in your lifetime, why worry about sustainability?
christo930 2 years ago
Einstein was a genius.. unfortunately, his intelligence was used to serve the interests of a bunch of hairless chimpanzees. And there you have it.
When the chimp gets hold of the hammer, the all he will do is use it to collect more bananas for himself.
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
believe me, a new einstein doesnt just pop up. einstein was a genius, he didnt rely too heavily on the education system. and dont go all crazy. dont reply. i dont want to have to come back to this page. i just want to eat my waffle
josephlin01 2 years ago
was it good? lol
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
"What is so great about more people?"
Quantity is not the issue. Quality is. We've got a bunch of low quality leaders making decisions based on their own self-interests, hence the resource management issues that we now face.
mermadeinheaven 2 years ago
"Quantity is not the issue, Quality is"
Even if we had the most wise perfect Utopian leaders, nothing is going to change the fact that there are too many of us. We could do less damage and last longer, but we could never be sustainable at our numbers. We can choose our own path, or we can let nature choose it for us. I can assure you that natures way will not be pleasant. Birth control is the answer. We need to be under 1b people with good leadership to be sustainable.
christo930 2 years ago