“... by treating nature as exterior and inferior to humans we saw no harm to ourselves in polluting the soil, the plants, the air and the water. We did not notice the effect of our pollution on whatever walked over it, ran across it, climbed up it, flew through it, or swam in it.Now we notice that harming other constituents of our planetary system brings harm to ourselves.”
Betty Jean Craige
Conversations with Cosmo: At Home with an African Grey Parrot
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