"Environmentalists often say that we are the one species the earth could very well do without. That's so well-accepted among the people of my tribe that it seems to go without saying.
"But what if it's not true?
"What if we have been designed, crafted, fed, modified, and adapted by the ecosystem (aka Mother Earth), so that both the human species, and all other life, can carry on? What if we are intended to discover and actually engage capacities that deep down we know we have, but rarely utilize?
"What if we've been given that special role all along?
"Imagine how important and how joyful the taking up of that responsibility could be, as well as daunting." Andy Lipkis. Catalyzing Rapid Response Climate Change
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