Our oceans are being wrecked - what hope the World?


	Our oceans are being wrecked - what hope the World?

bs1999bs

5-2-2008 3:10 AM

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optional. separate by commas., activism, conservation, environment, environmental action, nature, our future, planet earth, sustainability

bs1999bs says:

We are very poor stewards of the Earth and we are about to learn a very painful, sobering lesson!

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