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" The biggest organ in your body is your skin, and it's a permeable membrane. Anything you put on it goes into you. If you can't pronounce most of the words on the back of the bottle, it's probably not good for you. "

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" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" If having a beautiful lawn means putting up warning signs several times a year to keep children and pets off of it, it's probably a good idea to look into alternatives. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Good

Look

Year

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" My grandfather raised me believing in the power of youth to change the world. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Change The World

Change

Youth

" 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

" With EarthEcho Expedition: Acid Apocalypse, we are working with youth leaders and noted experts on the changing chemistry of our ocean to help illuminate one of our most pressing and inscrutable environmental issues. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Most

Ocean

Youth

" 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

" 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

" Sumatra has these lush forests and huge, amazing creatures like elephants, orangutans, and tigers. They're disappearing because of industry coming in and cutting down the forests. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Down

Because

" 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 went to elementary school in L.A. I was born in L.A. My mother was from Redondo Beach. My father was French. He died six months before I was born, so my mother went home. I was born there. Not the childhood that most people think. Middle-class, raised by my mother. Single mom. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Father

Home

Mother

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

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Grow

Going

Father

" 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. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Twice

Half

Home

" When you talk to a Republican, many of them just outright say, 'Yeah. Climate change isn't real,' without assessing the facts, and it's a big problem. It's not a red or blue issue, it's a green issue... Not because of facts or science but because of emotion. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Green

Blue

Change

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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

" 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