Monday blues

I was first introduced to Sylvia Earle when I was working at Reef Guardian. My boss is a big fan and I still remember feeling a bit dumb for not knowing who she is. A few weeks and google searches later, I found out that she was chosen as a TED Prize winner, where her wish was to, "...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,".

Reasons why you should listen to her (especially if you're a budding marine biologist):

• Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer with experience as a field research scientist.
• She was the former chief scientist of NOAA, founder of the Mission Blue Foundation and chair of the Advisory Council for the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
• She also is executive director for corporate and non-profit organizations, including the Aspen Institute, the Conservation Fund, American Rivers, Mote Marine Laboratory, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Rutgers Institute for Marine Science, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, and Ocean Conservancy.
• She has authored more than 150 scientific, technical, and popular publications, lectured in more than 60 countries, and appeared in hundreds of television productions.
• She has led more than 60 expeditions and logged more than 6,000 hours underwater, including leading the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite Project in 1970 and setting a record for solo diving to a depth of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet).
• Honors include the Netherlands Order of the Golden Ark, inclusion in the National Women's Hall of Fame and the American Academy of Achievement, and medals from the Explorers Club, the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, the Lindbergh Foundation, the National Wildlife Federation, Sigma Xi, Barnard College, the New England Aquarium, the Seattle Aquarium, the Society of Women Geographers, and the National Parks Conservation Association.

Needless to say, she was my (then) new idol. If I can live up to her age, I hope to be doing what she's doing and inspire more young people. 

After a long weekend of much play and no work, this was REALLY a cure for a bad case of Monday blues! No matter how many time I've watched this, I still get very pumped up after listening to her. :)