We are destroying our own habitat.Ĭrizel Valencia on wheel of Greenpeace inflatable, living out her wish to be on RAINBOW WARRIOR.Īn analogy I like to use about our planet is that we’re all on one boat, and with more than 7 billion people on it, it’s actually a pretty small boat. But somehow humankind – supposedly the smartest of all Earth’s species – has lost that instinct. Most animal species avoid fouling their own nests. We are destroying and using up our environment and we are, and will continue to be, affected by it. We don’t live in a bubble that is separate from the environment (although if we keep fouling our air and water, things might come to that). We are destroying their natural habitat and it’s our natural habitat too. These people are just as endangered in the same way birds and fish are. Coastal zones around the world have three-times the population density compared to the rest, and almost one-quarter of the world’s population in these near-coastal zones. But what about the endangered people of Rongelap? All the other low-lying atolls in the Pacific? The millions of people around the world whose lives will be destroyed if the sea levels rise just a little bit more. We think about saving endangered species like the snail darter, spotted owl, or the blue whale. Evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejato by the Rainbow Warrior crew in the Pacific 1985.
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