Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water

"Each day is composed of hours and we are in one. Pay no mind to the hour before and the hour to come, if indeed there be one. We have only this hour. Embrace it. Love it as best you can. Here is the face of God."

The plight of seafarers is distant to those on land. An international campaign brings it to the fore, educating the public on the link between products and who delivers them, and encouraging corporations to examine suppliers' human rights practices.

Catholic sisters have long led the way in caring for creation and promoting environmental awareness. Congregations around the world are participating in a campaign that showcases their long-term work to restore the Earth.

I don't think we were meant to treat each other mindlessly — rats included. And on and on, up and down the great chain of beings. Oceans included. And all our wild, wet kin.