While the full environmental impact of the Gulf Coast oil spill will not be known for years, scientific evidence seems to point to one inevitable conclusion: it’s going to be ugly – really ugly. And as images of animals choking on crude spill across the internet, beautiful ocean lovers all over the world are turning up the volume on their messages about the importance of protecting marine ecosystems.
In this National Resources Defense Council-produced video, professional volleyball vixen Gabrielle Reece and her husband, big-wave rider Laird Hamilton (who was an ESPN Hottest Male Athlete nominee), tour the dark waters of the Gulf Coast while reflecting about their own relationships with the ocean, providing yet another example of how developing personal relationships with the environment awakens a desire to conserve it for future generations.
