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What does your government tell you about climate change?

November 8, 2011January 7, 2013 / mike shanahan / 28 Comments

Nearly 20 years ago, nearly 200 governments pledged to inform their citizens about climate change and its effects. What is yours doing? 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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