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"This is a crisis born of human activities. Although corporations and governments are contributing in major ways, many elements are attributable to our personal actions, independent of identifiable institutions. These are the ones we have the power to most readily change. We can save life simply by adjusting our behaviors."
(an excerpt from Chapter 4)
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