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,raln legames, so lhal muell ol WM eaien in lhe
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Wesi is grown in areas when real lairl ne lhreaiens
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lmung beans lroin lndla, ell k peas lrom Eihiopla,
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soya beans lrom Nora and lndial
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old larmeis and my own gmhgrdndhihu llad a
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saying ihal beais some considerallon This was We
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will sell nolllmg irdm our larm line will nor walk rir llv
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oll.‘ ln elleer, llle lal-mer was concerned lo sell only
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animals, never ciops or vegeialion, beeause ll llle larm
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war lo survive wilhoul massive eneigy inpues, animals
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were lhe only lradllional reeycling slralegy lor a
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suslalnable erporl merkel
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Wllol does all lhls mean lo eoneerned and lespons
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ible people in ierrns ol llleir diel and lood llablls, Wflh
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iespeel lo a suaiainable nanlial syslem'!
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l Vegelarian dlmH/E very ellidenl, pvmvldmg‘
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- They are based on easily cooked or easily
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pioeesied crop grown in humcxmims:
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. Tha| wasles, especially body waskiy are
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ieiurned loshesollollhalgaid , nd
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- me we eal lrorn wbeie we live, and do nol
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exploilodlusur inn" large o—ansporl eosli.
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2 Omrlivoious dieis lany sorl ol lood) make llle besl
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use oi sampler mlvml sysrrms, lllai we should ear nom
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whal is edible, al any level iexrepl lor ollier people in
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irloslcoeuolslanees, and under mosl laws!)
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3 Primarily amlvomus dieis have a valid place in
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special «alogiasl such as aieals ol culd, wllere garden.
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ing eannol be a suiiielenl lood base, in aieas wlnere
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people gaiher lrom llle sea; where harsh condinons
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mean reliance on animals as galheiers, and where
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animals can use olhuwisecwasle producls, such as
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vegelable lrimmlngs, scraps, or utmcd er apolll vege
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lalion
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4 We should always do our energy budgels
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Whalever we eal. ll we do nol grow any or our own
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lood, and overuse a flush loilei (sending our wasles lo
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seal we have losl llle esunfidl soil and nulrienls
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needed iorasuslalnable llle cycle,
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While a nopical gardener can be very emclenl and
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responsible by developing lrliil and vegeiable coop
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whicll needs very lllrle cooking sensible omnivol-lsm is
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a good choice lor lliose wilh access lo semlenalural
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svsleins. clly people using sewers would be beller
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advised lo adope a lieHange meal diel lhan le eal
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graln and gram legumes Hzfler slill, all clly wasle
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should be munwd lo lhe soils ol ihelr supply lel-ms,
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Even in our gaiden vve need lo eoneenlrale on cycles
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and mules ralher lhan iliink in pyramids, simpllsdr
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analyris ell llvphk levels lalls lo nole lhal some food
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reaoliices aie unusable by people, eilller because lhe
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energy needed in processing II loo mush lslnce some
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psoducls ol nalure are poisonous or unpalalable
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ioodsl or because llle iesollrces ale loo sealleled lo
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repay our colleeelon Such resources are oleen
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harvesled inlo uselul packages by olller species
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Herbie, llleolselves edible, ear poisonous loadiisli, and
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goals will biowse rhoi-ily and biller shrubs Thus we
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can speelly lhese lisellil eonveisions belore blindly
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30
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eliminaon a llle elemenlo/eny lype liorn ourdieis
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wnile ll is manlleslly immoral lo ieed edible
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Peruvian llsh |o hogs in llle usn, i| may be ol greal
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value lo converl loresl acorns lunharvesled in lhe
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usm lo hogs, and lei llle pl ehaids and anchovies leed
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lhe hungry ufl'eru lwhicli lnrlsrdes illepei nsvl
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the lrophie pyramid ls valid enough as a coneepnial
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model, lor we can see llial poisons al llle base
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concenlrale ill ibe lop, ln laei, ihe highesl level or some
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radiaaclives and um mauled are loond in mothers'
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milk We can see lhal lhe generalised or omnivorous
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lnoneelecllvel leeder is buliered liom ralarirophle
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lamlne by a complex web ol rioplilc mnnefllons, so
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lhal some losses and some gains accrue in people,
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being generally omnivorous.
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ln snon, people need lo discard hxzd ideas, examine
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lheir kllchen cupboards, and lry lo reduce iood
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imporls, wasle, and energy loss A lesponslble diel ia
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nol easy lo achieve, bul lhe soluiloils he very close io
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home. viva llle llolne gaidenerv
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2r8
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COMPLEXITY AND CONNECTIONS
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were are ecologles on very llal and somewhai
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invarianl silos llial in llle end simpllly, or are originally
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simple because lllal condirion ileell la noi lypieal oi ilie
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arm's crlasl. .usl as a lield, levelled, drained, and
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lerllllsed lei a speeille eiop will nol supporl lliespeeies
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lllal ll onee when ll varied in miero—elevalion,
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drainage, and planl compleairlee Oiher simple natural
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eeologies occur where rapid change can occur lsea
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eoaslsl, or where we deliberalely me or ploogll on a
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regular basis, so illal llieie is never enough lime lor a
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diveise sysielrl lo esiablisll,
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Marshes, swamps, lidal llals, sallepans, and level
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deseris supporl less divelsliy ilian adp g hill and
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valley syslenls, bol neveilheless in sum lil speeies are
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assembled lrnm global envlionmenis or lrom similar
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elrmalie aieasl are sllu very lien, and, in llle case ol
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mangrove and lidal marsh, exiremely produciive
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ecologles
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ll is nol lhal a single sland ol one mangiove species
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is llsell so diveise, ii is llle mobile species working al
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dilleienl siages oi deeomposillon ol ihe mangrove leai.
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Each ollhese species in mm leedsollleis,
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Thus, very simple planl assoeiallons may suppori
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very produelive and complex anlmel essoelallons.
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Mobile species ane capable ol oeolpymg a gen van-
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ely ul niches in one mangrove lree or swamp srand,
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5mm underground lo canopy, and ol schedules hum
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low lo lirgli ode Time and space are needed lo! lree
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species 50 evolve a complex sland in such slluailons,
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and as lbcy ale olien obllleraled and mesmblislud by
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a wmldcwxde change due lo a sea level nucllaallon.
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relalivelv lillle lime can be allowed lor mangrove
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species lo lliemselves develop and colonlse ihe new,
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