The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be
ISBN: 0307362183
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spodek
· 2019-10-16
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Read The Once and Future World https://www.amazon.com/Once-Future-World-Nature-Could/dp/030... to learn how much more whales there used to be and their effect on making the environment more stable and able to sustain life.
It's stunning and, I hope, behavior-changing.
I did two video essays on the book, though I didn't cover the parts on whales
- http://joshuaspodek.com/your-daily-environment-009-the-once-...
- http://joshuaspodek.com/your-daily-environment-010-the-once-...
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Schools of fish so dense they would bring boats to a halt in the middle of the Atlantic. North America had more large wildlife than Africa. Whales as far as the eye could see all day long. Walruses in the Thames in London.
I did a couple video essays on what I learned from a wonderful book The Once and Future World:
My video essays: https://youtu.be/ZLAvBiols2Y and https://youtu.be/U4NZdciDozI
The book: https://www.amazon.com/Once-Future-World-Nature-Could/dp/030...