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This is Your Ocean on Acid | Mickey Z.
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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
“I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the mistakes of generations past and present. I only know that without compassion and respect for all of Earth’s inhabitants, none of us will survive -- nor will we deserve to.”
- Leonard Peltier
The oceans aren’t dying. The oceans are being killed.
More than 40 percent of the world’s oceans are heavily impacted by human activities with few areas -- if any -- left unaffected by anthropogenic factors. This means we humans (and what we deem civilization) have played a primary role in the despoiling of the waters of the earth.
The relentless quest for profit, however, has distracted us from the plight of the deep blue sea and how it impacts all forms of life.
It’s not some unstoppable force of nature or preordained theology. Human decisions have led us to where we are now and new human decisions are immediately needed to forge a more logical and compassionate path.
Why not start this urgent turnaround with the oceans? After all, it’s where 80 percent of all life on earth is found and where over half our oxygen is created.
To follow is a tiny sampling of what human culture has done and is doing to our beautiful -- and essential -- oceans.
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http://worldnewstrust.com/this-is-your-ocean-on-acid-mickey-z