Reflections on COVID-19 and our destruction of nature
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 08:50
in Earth & Climate
In 2015 I was helping to draft a UNESCO report, Education for People and Planet. To gather various opinions on the role of education in creating a sustainable planet, I met with a professor of ecology and biodiversity at Columbia University. In my interview with him, he said something that I have never forgotten: "Nature is not your friend—it does what it does."