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The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time.

Desmond Tutu

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Desmond Tutu
Age: 92
Born: 1931
Born: October 7
Activist
Anglican Priest
Non-Fiction Writer
Archbisphop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu
Environment
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Earth
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God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion.
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