Friday, November 6th, 2009

Sylvia Earle: 'The World Is Blue'

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Your trash could come back to haunt you. That's the moral of this cautionary tale created by Esteban Valencia, Eduardo Hernandez and Randi Levey, students from Miami Beach Senior High. They won first place in the 15-17 year-old category of the Oceans 2030: Youth Outlook Multimedia Contest. This video, and several other winning submissions, was made at the One Water Workshop, a week-long video program for kids. (Credits: Produced by Esteban Valencia, Randi Levy, Eduardo Hernandez, Diego Meza-Valdez. Courtesy of NCSE) Viewed 24031 times. See More Videos

In this segment, Ira talks with marine scientist Sylvia Earle about the state of the world's oceans, and what actions need to be taken to protect them from catastrophic damage. Earle, a National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, is the author of the new book 'The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One.' Earle argues that action must be taken now against overfishing, loss of coral ecosystems, and ocean pollution in order to prevent a global environmental crisis that affects life far beyond the ocean's shores.