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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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" 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

" 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 earliest memories I have of the ocean are actually stories - stories from my grandfather, the legendary ocean explorer and conservationist Jacques Cousteau. My passion for ocean conservation stems from learning at a very young age that we're all connected; we're all in this together. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Age

Ocean

Memories

" 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

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

My Life

Father

Film

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Youth

Service

Environmental

" 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

" 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

" One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in the world. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Ideas

Big

Pet

" 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

" I hate plastic bottles. Just think about it before you buy one. We pay more for a gallon of water than we do for a gallon of gas. I think people will realize that water quality standards in most municipalities are as good or better for the stuff coming out of the tap than bottled water companies. You'll save money and save the environment, too. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Think

Good

Quality

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Grow

Going

Father

" 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

" 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

" Fossil fuels and mining is a short-term gambit. If we develop those resources at the expense of the environmental gold mine that is the Great Barrier Reef, we will all lose in the long run. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Run

Environmental

Gold

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Say

Food

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Daily

Environment

Relationship

" I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and the snow falling and that silence, that snow silence. That's, like, a very peaceful, happy place for me. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Silence

Mountain

Peaceful

" 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

" 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

" The Arctic is among the least understood places on the planet; however, we do know that its landscape is changing and evolving as quickly as cell phones and the Internet. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Know

Landscape

Places

" We've explored very little of the ocean. We really don't know what's out there. But people think we've figured it all out. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

People

Think

Know

" EarthEcho Expeditions represents the culmination of more than a decade of working with educators and youth from around the world. EarthEcho Expeditions uses the thrill of adventure to inspire and empower a new generation of environmental champions. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Adventure

World

Youth

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Face

Adventure

Exploration

" 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

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Nature

Feel

Care