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Environment & Energy

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11. I usually say it this way

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 09:10 PM

Jan 2013

"We are a part of the natural world, not apart from it."

It's less anthropomorphic as well...

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The Market and Mother Nature [View all] Gregorian Jan 2013 OP

We are Mother Nature tama Jan 2013 #2

I can't express the relation in English tama Jan 2013 #9

I usually say it this way GliderGuider Jan 2013 #11

Ollaan luontoa tama Jan 2013 #12

Markets are anchored to the biophysical world. NoOneMan Jan 2013 #3

"Markets" exist only in our heads. hunter Jan 2013 #4

Excellent points ... Nihil Jan 2013 #5

It's hard to put an actuarial value on natural resources. raouldukelives Jan 2013 #13