Image: Cinque Terre, Italy
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 09:37PM
Dr. John in Anthropocene, Cinque Terre, Environment, Italy, John McLaughlin

Image: John McLaughlin

A friend and colleague captured this beautiful image of Cinque Terra on his recent trip to Italy. What attracts us to this kind of image is the balance - Terra not dominated by the Anthropocene - humankind surrounded, almost cradled, by the environment.

If we could only relearn these lessons.


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