Planets

A planet is an astronomical object orbiting a star or stellar remnant that
* is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity,
* is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and
* has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, astrology, science, mythology, and religion. Several planets in the Solar System can be seen with the naked eye. These were regarded by many early cultures as divine, or as emissaries of deities. As scientific knowledge advanced, human perception of the planets changed, incorporating a number of disparate obj
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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Anathem
Foundation's Edge (Foundation, #4)
Forward the Foundation (Foundation, #7)
Prelude to Foundation (Foundation, #6)
Matter (Culture, #8)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Shadow of the Giant (The Shadow #4)
Pluto Gets the Call
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
A Place for Pluto
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
Contact

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Michael Pollan
The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world.
Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

The human body resonates at the same frequency as Mother Earth. So instead of only focusing on trying to save the earth, which operates in congruence to our vibrations, I think it is more important to be one with each other. If you really want to remedy the earth, we have to mend mankind. And to unite mankind, we heal the Earth. That is the only way. Mother Earth will exist with or without us. Yet if she is sick, it is because mankind is sick and separated. And if our vibrations are bad, she rea ...more
Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

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