Even if you don't live in Hawaii, this should be important to you. And think about this the next time you hear someone say that 'it's arrogant of man to think he can harm the planet'. http://www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic.html
To be fair, I said it was silly to say that we can destroy the planet. We can certainly mess things up and alter it in huge ways. "Destroy the planet" is just a strange idea to me though.
