About this episode

Ferris Jabr discusses the concept of Earth as a vast interconnected living system.

Ferris Jabr, author of Becoming Earth, claims that it is: that Earth is a vast interconnected living system and we humans (and all other living things) don’t just live...

People in this episode

Guest: Ferris Jabr

Topics covered

• Earth as a living system
• interconnectedness
• human impact on nature
• natural systems
• ecology

Keywords

• Earth
• living system
• interconnected
• ecology
• Ferris Jabr
• nature
• humans

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Becoming Earth

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