The expansion of human beings is perhaps unrivaled by any other species. Yet that success threatens to be our downfall. As civilization grows, the wildlife that enables it gets pushed out, and valuable ecosystems are stressed to their breaking point. Worse still, the destruction of biodiversity means the keys that could unlock a path forward for life are lost forever.

How much time do we have to halt the sixth mass extinction before we too drown in its wake? The answer is much, much shorter than you think.

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Chapters

05:40 Human Beings and Our Place on Earth

09:17 Defining the Anthropocene

11:19 The 6th Extinction

18:38 The Greatest Threat?

21:50 Global Changes are Cyclical?

26:08 Ecosystems and their Services

29:55 Biodiversity

36:30 In Crisis: Insects

48:09 Our Gardens

59:51 History of Lawns

1:07:13 Normalized to Catastrophe

1:09:05 Crisis: Amphibians

1:12:55 In Crisis: Birds

1:18:12 What Can We Do?

Pictures from Andrew's Garden

(courtesy of Moriah King)

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