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Ask not what you can do for nature… Ask what nature can do for you

July 19, 2011November 22, 2022 / mike shanahan / 7 Comments

In 1997, a British barrister uttered three words that left my sister and me speechless and gave us a glimpse of the future. Continue reading →

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I am the author of 'Ladders To Heaven: How fig trees shaped our history, fed our imaginations and can enrich our future' (Unbound, 2016). My book was published in the US and Canada as 'Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers: The Secret History and Redemptive Future of Fig Trees' (Chelsea Green, 2016).
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