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

– Philippe Cousteau, Jr

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

Jr Philippe Cousteau

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

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