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4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity

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26 responses // 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity

  • Only 4% to go guys! Come on! We can do this!
    phillyharper
  • Right- we are stupid. Wake up people!!! There's an upside though-if we continue at this pace at least there won't be anything left to fight about and go to war over.
    iamforchange
  • what those that say? We are animals that blame others for what we are doing in the present. School shooting, 7 year old boy raped in a library, the FARC releasing female hostages after giving birth to raped born children.
    etc. Today!

    Mother earth needs water to live.
    dontipo
  • wow. as far as God's creation goes, we really suck.
    stephenthomson
  • 4% seems like an awful lot....
    uroborus8
  • We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. We fight wars to satisfy our greed or our invisible friend in the sky, degrading our planet in the process. Over consumption is our way of getting over depression or hangups. As a species, we are by far the dumbest the world has ever seen.
    ProgressiveBum
  • Progressive, I agree. Being ashamed is one of the first steps.

    Next comes what I like to call "the path of good intention" - which seamlessly leads to good action.

    Then, you ask yourself, "but is it too late?"

    And finally, you forge a faith in salvation and dont look back.
    stephenthomson
  • where are they? sounds like my next vacation!
    BubbaParisFan
  • We keep ravaging our home. There is nothing like looking at our fate head on and doing little to stop it. How can countries across this world of ours look at all the findings the scientist reveal and change little.. An ever expanding population with needs for the present are our doom.
    cibalin
  • This is our own home we trash... How disrespectful and foolish.
    lifestudentno83
  • I was actually surprised that the number was as HIGH as 4%.
    joebrilliant
  • Hey for any of you who care, in the United States we have just about 4% of our original forests left. I mean the forests that were standing when white settlers came here and landed on Plymouth Rock.

    4% left of the oceans, 4% of the forests....

    Never before in the history of the world has the very existence of mankind been threatened to the point of extinction...all from his own making; all to fuel the global money machine, the golden calf, the cash cow.
    jubal
  • Years of massive amounts of shipping waste, oil spills, polluted rivers dumping waste into our oceans, and still there are those that don't understand that once our oceans die we're the very next on the list of endangered species. And people still argue mankind has nothing to do with permanently changing our planet. You're right people, we may have been God's worst creation.

    This is the generation that needs to burden the responsibility of demanding that we reverse this trend and start treating this planet as our home instead of a dumping ground. If we don't get it done it will be too late. And we can't start planning to come up with something won't even start having an effect until 20-50 years from now, we have to start yesterday.
    Chique
  • President Obama will need to hear this message loud and clear, internalize it, and sign into action the kinds of programs that can help reverse the damage.

    As will every citizen with a conscience. (Those without conscience need only follow the rules)
    stephenthomson
  • I'm not so sure why people are bringing god into this, but whatever....

    Humans may be affecting earth detrimentally to themselves, but rest assured life will continue with or without humans.

    I say let the oceans rise and the climate change. The earth will cleanse itself in time. Man may not be around to witness it, but life always wins.

    It's all about the Lion King!
    greenoak
  • greenoak, in my opinion, it's ALL ABOUT God:

    Our hope for the future,
    our resolve to reverse the damage we've ignorantly caused,
    our love for all of life, and
    our desire to live in harmony with it

    IS God manifest in humanity.

    dont lose faith.
    stephenthomson
  • Maybe this is the way it is SUPPOSED TO BE. Don't role your eyes just yet. What if it's perfect just the way it is? Like we are such control freaks that we think we can actually prevent things from changing. The world is changing all the time, so is the universe.... IT IS ALWAYS changing.

    WIth that said. I would rather ponder this idea in a climate as nice as it is right now.... ahhh BI, Hawaiii....

    Ken wilber: It matters incredibly while at the same time not at all
    befree
  • I appreciate the KW reference, he's a brilliant guy. But most common folk would interpret "everything is perfect" as an excuse for inaction.

    If we dont stop the carbon-emitting path we're on, the miracle of human civilization will be a memory had by no one.

    Just as the deer sprints for its life to escape the jaws of the advancing lion, so must our entire civilization adrenalize itself to save its hide.

    or, you know, we could just smoke some pot.
    stephenthomson
  • If humans screw up the world and make it hard on themselves, then so be it. It's not a god thing. It's cause and effect, nothing more - nothing less.

    So we've mucked royally with the oceans. Life, albeit maybe without us, will always continue. You can zap the entire planet with radiation and you'll still find bacteria munching on granite somewhere.

    I'm not saying that it's not a shame, but it's not the end of the world.

    Also, If god is manifest anywhere it's within us and not out in the phenomenal world.
    greenoak
  • So, it is quite an understatement to say this is a sad thing, but don't be fooled for a second, this is our fault not just the government. It is every single persons fault who could have tried harder, but found it inconvenient. Now I'm not saying that I do try as hard as I can, but I'm at least aware of the situation and am trying harder to help restore Earth to a more livable state for the future generations. We can't just expect the nebula of our world government to make changes based on their own views, the people need to make a stand. Whether or not this happens Earth will be around long after the human civilization, it's a pretty tough old bird.
    saih86
  • "oceans full of urine" - I like that, reminds me of when i used to pee in the public pool. (hey i was only 6)

    If we approach this subject with anything less than serious determination - and faith in redemption - we will fail. It is the complacency of the people and the convenience of distraction, and ultimately the loss of hope, that not only destroys our environment, it undermines a true democracy where, as saih86 said, the people take their stand and together produce a more livable state for future generations.

    That is the meaning and value of our lives.
    stephenthomson
  • I never said don't do anything about it. My take is to self regulate first.

    Fix yourself. Change your own eating habits. Change your own buying habits. Change your own driving habits. You don't need government regulation to do that.

    It's like drug use. If you didn't have people packing their noses with cocaine, then the cocaine makers would quickly go out of business.

    I say lead by example instead of telling people (through regulation) what to do. It's not that hard.
    greenoak
  • actually, you did implicitly say that, when you said "let the oceans rise," but i'm glad you've come around.

    We need to lead by example as citizens, but regulation is also imperative. Like i said, those without a conscience need only follow the rules.
    stephenthomson
  • Wait a second... Arn't we already in the dysotopia?
    Social_Fuzz
  • This is absolutely sickening.
    lib
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