We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without for…

Stephen Jay Gould
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We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (1993). Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history, Vintage
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We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well - for we will not fight to save what we do not love. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (1993). Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history, Vintage

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