Thinking on its own isn’t enough, but it is a vital first step. Merging back into the wild, towards conscious coexistence with our fellow non-humans, farming in ways that mimic and complement nature, rewilding cities and farmland – these are among the acts that will help us find our way home. We need biodiversity, not just because it’s necessary to our survival, but because we’re part of it. We carry wildness within us, we can’t escape or transcend it, it is the daemon that we have lost and yet yearn to bond with again.123 Rethinking the way we live is a long-overdue exercise; yet more urgent
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