Your Inner Tree

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Declining biodiversity is a problem as fraught as climate change. Loss of habitat, monoculture crops, and the damming of waterways all lead to massive species extinction. They tear at life’s delicate web, and threaten a balance established by four billion years of evolution. Can we reassess our relationship to Nature? We consider logging efforts that make elephants part of the work force, and how to leverage the cooperative behavior of trees. Becoming Nature’s ally, rather than its enemy. Guests: Suzanne Simard – Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and author of “Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.” Carl Safina – Professor of Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University and founder of the Safina Center, and author of “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace.” Jacob Shell – Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University, and author of “Giants of the Monsson Forest: Living and Working with Elephants.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.8	That's What's New With Wired, wherever you get your podcasts. Sir David Attenborough opened the climate summit in Glasgow with an appeal to preserve natural environments and
1:15.0	biodiversity by addressing why we need them.
1:19.1	Is this how our story is due to end a a tale of the smartest species doomed by that all-too-human
1:27.8	characteristic of failing to see the bigger picture in pursuit of short-term goals.
1:35.0	Nature is a key ally.
1:38.0	Whenever we restore the wild, it will recapture carbon and help us bring back balance to our planet.
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