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Elena Bennett: Seeds of a Good Anthropocene

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We've Crossed the Boundary for Biosphere Integrity

Of the nine systems that we think are fundamental to maintaining the earth in a stable state, we have crossed four of those nine boundaries right now. This is because human pressure is now the driving force in determining function and distribution of global fresh water systems. A land system change, which is maintenance of ego systems a, that are or out there, forest, wetlands, other vegetation types that are now being converted to agricultural land. And so what do we do about it? Well, this might be what we want to do about it, right? You know, sit in a corner of our room, plug into some virtual reality machine and forget all of it. But i'm not here to recommend

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