Peter Neill - World Ocean Observatory

Peter Neill,  a graduate of Stanford University, is the director of the World Ocean Observatory. 

Looking around us, we see a world wounded by the history of our ideas and actions. We are seeking solutions to the critical challenges of carbon, water, food, energy, and health as essential elements of human survival. Ultimately, those solutions will be found in the ocean--sequestered CO2, desalinated fresh water, sustainable protein production, geothermal and alternative energy technology, the medicines necessary to assure our well-being, and the new values and changed behaviors for successful living. This perspective informs the World Ocean Observatory, a unique, web-based place of exchange of information and educational services about the ocean defined as "an integrated, global, social system." Peter Neill, W2O founder and director, will present his personal journey to this understanding, an overview of the present, critical situation, and some provocative ideas for the future of the one ocean that connects us all.