KonaYoga.com: Sylvia Earle's 'One Wish to Change the World'

February 23, 2009

Sylvia Earle's 'One Wish to Change the World'

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.
-Sylvia Earle

Every year at the TED Conference, three people are awarded $100,000 and the granting of "One Wish to Change the World". Oceanographer Sylvia Earle is one of the 2009 winners and this is her wish:

I wish you would use all means at your disposal - films! expeditions! the web! more! - to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet.

Watch her presentation and find out what she means when she says, "It is the worst of times but it is the best of times because we still have a chance." The video is a little over 18 minutes long: Sylvia Earles' Wish. Then take a look at Google Earth's new Ocean layer and dive deep into the ocean off Lanai: http://earth.google.com/tour.html#v=3

When you look at an expanded view of the earth, don't you think Hawaii should naturally be the lifeguard for the Pacific Ocean? Kona Yoga would like to acknowledge the following Kona residents who have a passion for the sea and share their photos and videos with the rest of the world. Let's make Sylvia's wish come true!