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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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" If a product has an endless list of ingredients, and you can't pronounce half of them, I would think twice about bringing them into your home. "

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Twice

Half

Home

" There's this terrific kid in Maine who saw all the waste generated by straws handed out in restaurants. So he made up these little pop-up cards and asked restaurant owners put them on the tables to explain why straws wouldn't be handed out unless requested. Of course, the restaurant owners couldn't resist a 9-year-old kid, and so it worked. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Why

Cards

Kid

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Best

Key

Say

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Ocean

Health

" My grandfather pioneered exploration of what he called 'our water planet,' then my father sought to understand the human connection, and now, as part of the third generation, I'm dedicated to not only raising awareness but also to empowering people to take action. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Water

People

Awareness

" Our oceans cover two-thirds of what my grandfather called our water planet, and the part of the ocean that falls under the jurisdiction of the United States covers an area larger than the country itself. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Water

Country

Grandfather

" Don't eat shrimp - it's one of the most unsustainable fish. For every pound that's caught, 10 or 20 pounds of other stuff is killed and dumped back overboard. It's the number one killer of juvenile sea turtles in Mexico. Two good sustainable seafood guides that I'd recommend are from the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Fish

Good

Back

" Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Science

Sometimes

Easy

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Life

Want

My Life

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Face

Adventure

Exploration

" Ocean acidification is often referred to as osteoporosis of the oceans because as acidity rises, shell building creatures such as lobster, oyster, crab, shrimp, and coral are unable to extract the calcium carbonate from the water that they need to build their shells and are thus unable to survive. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Water

Need

Ocean

" Truly, we do live on a 'water planet.' For us, water is that critical issue that we need. It's the most precious substance on the planet, and it links us to pretty much every environmental issue, including climate change, that we're facing. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Environmental

Live

Change

" I travel all over the country speaking to young people, and I am always amazed at how engaged in environmental conservation they are. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Travel

Environmental

I Am

" My grandfather was Jacques Cousteau, a pioneer of ocean exploration and the co-inventor of scuba diving. Back in the 1940s when he tested out his invention which allowed humans to swim freely in the ocean with a portable air source for the first time in history, very little of the ocean had been explored let alone captured on film. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Grandfather

Alone

History

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Know

Change

Life

" Both EarthEcho and Seventh Generation understand that young people have the power to change the world - one home, one school and one community at a time. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Change

Time

Power

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Mother

My Life

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Water

Key

Fact

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Grow

Going

Father

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Ocean

Become

Problem

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Opportunity

Great

Dive

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Process

Think

Science

" As our technology evolves, we will have the capacity to reach new, ever-increasing depths. The question is what kind of technology, in the end, do we want to deploy in the far reaches of the ocean? Tools of science, ecology and documentation, or the destructive tools of heavy industry? "

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Tools

Ocean

End

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Ocean

Pollution

Development

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Green

People

Change

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Environmental

Hope

Green

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

World

Father

Legacy

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Over

Support

Life

" 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?' "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Community

Future

Hope

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Step

Opportunity

Water