Most people are at best unaware of and at worst uncaring about how their decisions impact the freedom of others—future generations’ freedom to a fair start in life, and freedom from the ravages of the climate and other ecological crises.
I would like to introduce you to an alternative way of looking at
this planet that we live on. We call it planet Earth, but in
reality, it should be called planet ocean. What makes life possible
on this planet is one very important element: water. This is the
water planet. We have been taught that the ocean comprises the sea.
However, the ocean is much more than that.
This is a planet of water in continuous circulation moving through
many phases, with each phase intimately linked at every stage. It is
the water in the sea, the lakes, the rivers, and the streams. It is
the water flowing underground and deep, deep down inside the planet,
locked in rock. It is the water in the atmosphere or encased in ice.
And it is the water moving through each and every living cell of
every plant and animal on the planet.
Water is life, powered by the sun pumping it from sea to atmosphere
and into and through our every living cell. Water is the life that
flows through our bodies, flushing out waste and supplying
nutrients. The water in my body now was once locked in ice.
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Book Review: Urgent! Save Our Ocean to Survive Climate Change By Captain Paul Watson