regram •
@intersectionalenvironmentalist so beautifully said I keep listening to this on repeat.
my favorite line •
“Water makes up 70% of Earth.
70% of the human heart,
And 70% of the human being,
All of us, bodies of water,
For we, too are oceans,
Or at least beings bobbing in the same boat.”
“A portal that connects us all
@amandascgorman_ !!re!!_039;s beautiful Ode to our Ocean 🌾💌🐳 Happy World Oceans Day 💖👼🏽🔱”
"The sea sings out to its many saviors:
teenagers with fists thrust in the air
Scientists converging around their data,
A child who stoops to scoop up
a piece of trash.
The sea sings out for its singular subjects:
Turtles that teeter down
Coral reefs shining brightly
The sea sings out its suffering,
screeching sounds
its depths bruised by
Atrocities in the Atlantic
Misery in the Mediterranean,
Its tides the preservers
of time past.
The story of the ocean
and the story of humanity
Are one and the same,
a Great River that
Knows no borders
and notes no lines,
Only ripples.
While we might call it the Seven Seas,
Today we sing out your true name:
The one ocean.
For no matter how we try to separate your waters,
You are the colossus that connects us.
Water makes up 70% of Earth.
70% of the human heart,
And 70% of the human being,
All of us, bodies of water,
For we, too are oceans,
Or at least beings bobbing in the same boat.
To stand up for our own ocean
Is to stand up for our own ship
The sea is a restless,
strong collective of many pieces.
So are we.
The ocean can recover.
So will we.
Let us not divide the tides,
But discover all they have to teach us—
Green meadows of sea grass that survive pathogens,
Blue-bloodied marine snails that can fight off viruses
There are more lessons to learn,
Still more work to be done.
So we lift our faces to the sun
May the seas help us see
healing
and hope,
May we sing out the ocean's survival
and revival.
Being the people of this blue planet is our most
Profound privilege and power,
For if we be the ocean's saviors
then it is surely ours."
🌂 via
@futureearth
☂️ made in collaboration with
@atmos @lonelywhale +
@ecblackman
#WorldOceansDay #IE #IntersectionalEnvironmentalist #Intersectional 
