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WorldOceanDay reminder that’s it’s one BIG ocean. It connects us all — another way our fates are intertwined.

— Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

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I think it’s so funny that people say it’s too expensive to solve climate change, because it’s just like, what’s your alternative?

Interview with On Being (2022)

We are one of 8 million or so species on this planet.

Interview with On Being (2022)

I wrote about this intersection between ocean conservation and social justice, because I feel like we don’t talk about that enough.

Interview with On Being (2022)

I think when the thing that you love is threatened, the natural reaction is to try to save it. And I fell in love with Caribbean coral reefs right as they were starting to crumble.

Interview with On Being (2022)

I decided to write this because the environmental community was initially really silent on Black Lives Matter.

Interview with NPR (2020)

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“Destiny,” said John. “The ghastliest word a man can speak.”

Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time (1965)

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