ApocaDocs: Ecologist: Hope remains for world's oceans, but swift response is needed

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Posted Thu Nov 20 2008: from Providence Journal:


	Ecologist: Hope remains for world's oceans, but swift response is needed http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1227190390 Outspoken marine ecologist Jeremy Jackson says humans have caused widespread and difficult-to-imagine damage to the world’s oceans and that the response needs to be of immense proportions. He says it boils down to two simple concepts: Become citizens instead of consumers, and elect real leaders, not facilitators of consumption.... "It's become obvious that [humans] are the cause," Jackson said. "How could we be so out of it? The oceans were out of sight and out of mind and nobody was paying attention. As a marine ecologist, it's embarrassing."

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