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Why one fig tree in the middle of nowhere has a 24-hour armed guard

July 28, 2017July 20, 2018 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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Amazing photo of Buddha’s head engulfed by strangler fig roots

April 28, 2017November 16, 2017 / mike shanahan / Leave a comment

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Environmental or spiritual pollution – which is easiest to fix?

August 31, 2010August 31, 2010 / mike shanahan / 5 Comments

If the massed ranks of the world’s religions practised more of what their prophets preached, our environment would probably be in much better shape.

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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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