Harmonious Coexistence: Embracing Plant-Human Kinship
<p>In her book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Believers-Making-Life-End-World/dp/0374110255" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Believers</em></a>, American author and environmentalist Lisa Wells explores the idea of some plants benefitting and even thriving in the company of people. Wells’ book is built up around a dozen encounters and conversations with exceptional people who have in one way or the other turned their back on society and cultural norms and live wild, uncultivated lives. One of these people is a woman who presents the theory of the plant-human kinship and mutual flourishing.</p>
<p>I find this theory through-provoking.</p>
<p>The “we should not be here, because we are doing all the harm/ leave no traces”-philosophy never resonated one hundred percent with me. Because we <em>are</em> here.</p>
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