Compared to forest or aquatic ecosystems, grassland is unstable. It requires rather precise geological and climatic conditions, and if these conditions are not maintained--if too much rain falls, or too little--it quickly turns into forest or desert, both of which are dominated by woody plants. This instability is reflected in the spectacular but brief careers of various grassland faunas. Humanity, with its dazzling symbioses, preadaptations, and neoteny, is the most spectacular of these--and may well be the briefest. . David Rains Wallace
We have become, by the power of a glorious evolutionary accident called intelligence, the stewards of life's continuity on earth. We did not ask for this role, but we cannot abjure it. We may not be suited to it, but here we are.
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Stephen Jay Gould
[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.
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Daniel Quinn
On a grander scale, when a society segregates itself, the consequences affect the economy, the emotions, and the ecology. That's one reason why it's easy for pro-lifers to eat factory-raised animals that disrespect everything sacred about creation. And that is why it's easy for rabid...
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Joel Salatin
The evolution revolution is here. Global sense makes common sense.
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Judah Freed
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
More Quotes By David Rains Wallace
A flower's structure leads a bee toward having pollen adhere to its body .. . we don't know of any such reason why beautiful places attract humans.
Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.
All things human begin with words.
Every time we exterminate a predator, we are in a sense creating a new predator.
Compared to forest or aquatic ecosystems, grassland is unstable. It requires rather precise geological and climatic conditions, and if these conditions are not maintained--if too much rain falls, or too little--it quickly turns into forest or desert, both of which are dominated by woody plants....
