With Knowing Comes Caring.

If Somebody Dumps Something Noxious In My Back Yard, The Dumper Is The Last One I Would Call On To Repair The Damage.

I Have Lots Of Heroes: Anyone And Everyone Who Does Whatever They Can To Leave The Natural World Better Than They Found It.

Historically, Girls Have Not Been Encouraged To Be Scientists, To Be Explorers, And There's A Social Kind Of Constraint, Of Course. Having The Responsibility, A Disproportionate Part Of The Responsibility, For Caring For Families, Caring For Children. I Know This Challenge From Firsthand Experience Because I Have Three Children And Four Grandsons.and Some Of The Time I Have Spent As A Scientist And As An Explorer Has Meant Choosing To Not Be With My Children And Grandchildren As Much As I Might Otherwise Have Done Had I Not Been A Scientist, An Explorer.

It's An Appreciation For Life Generally, Every Bit Of Life, The Smallest Creature That Lives In The Intestines Of Termites That Make Termite Life Possible - To The Leaves That Turn Out Oxygen And Grab Carbon Dioxide And With Water Make Simple Sugars That Feed Much Of The World. I Mean, These Are Everyday Miracles.

If We Have A Hope Of Really Understanding Our Place In Nature And Of Carving Out A Place For Ourselves That Is Sustainable, It's Primarily Because Of The New Level Of Communication. It Used To Be, 'what You Don't Have In Your Mind, You Have On Your Shelf.' But Now We Have The Web.