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Eating Earth

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“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
– Carl Sagan, science communicator

Humans have big appetites. In providing for our plates, we’ve reduced the space for other life forms we don’t deem desirable to a fraction of their former range. Most scientists agree that this is harming us in several ways. Some say it’s already too late to prevent runaway climate change. Despite huge odds, I think humans who harmonise with nature have a better chance of cushioning some of the coming environmental challenges. How? One way is getting

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