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Man wants to see nature and evolution as separate from human activities. There is a natural world, a...

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Mark KurlanskyCod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World

If 22 bushels (1,300 pounds) of rice and 22 bushels of winter grain are harvested from a quarter acr...

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I believe until fairly recently our destructions of nature were more or less unwitting -- the by-pro...

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Their song reminds me of a child’s neighborhood rallying cry—ee-ock-ee—with a heartfelt warble at th...

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Most of the inhabitants of India do not mind how India is governed. Nor are the lower animals of Eng...

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The first Abenaki word I ever learned was Bitawbagok – the word they use for Lake Champlain. It mea...

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Marvellous!" he repeated, looking up at me. "Look! The beauty--but that is nothing--look at the accu...

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