By Ben Valentine and Vincent Callebaut *
In the news, the state of the planet is doom and gloom: yet another species is driven to extinction, another wildfire destroys another unprepared city, and some of the strangest weather patterns break another record. Scientists and policymakers are depressed, and our collective consciousness turns to scenes of apocalypse, not narratives of recovery.
Welcome to the Anthropocene, the period in which human activity exerts a dominant influence on the Earth’s environment and climate, with terrifying results.