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author, 'The Human Age'
American author, poet and naturalist, and wife of novelist Paul West; author of The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
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Diane Ackerman
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FROM Diane Ackerman
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How We Shape the World The Anthropocene -- or “the Human Age” -- is what scientists call the era we’re in now. And it has affected nearly every inch of the Earth: air, land, water… there’s nothing humans haven’t touched. We often hear the negative side of this, but writer Diane Ackerman has a different perspective. She’s hopeful that humans can create beauty and innovation in response to the destruction we have already wrought.
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