Anthropocene, The! Beyond the natural? - OSU
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Abstract
We are now entering the Anthropocene Epoch, so runs a recent enthusiastic claim. Humans can and ought go beyond the natural and powerfully engineer a better planet, managing for climate change, building new ecosystems for a more prosperous future. Perhaps the Anthropocene is inevitable. But: Rejoice? Accommodate? Accept it, alas? Perhaps the wiser, more ethical course is not so much beyond as keeping the natural in symbiosis with humans. Enter the Semi-Anthropocene! Basically Natural! Carefully!
Author(s)
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-
Date Issued
2017-03-16
Format
born digital; motion pictures (visual works); digital moving image formatsCollections
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