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For millennia, human beings never questioned nature’s continuous renewal. Each year the seasons changed, but as spring rolled round again, the same trees blossomed and bore fruit. Until today, humans have lived their lives assuming that this circulation of nature would always continue.
“Flowers bloom alike, year after year. But not people.” (Translation of an ancient Japanese proverb)
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(2008). Is the Earth Sustainable?. In: Vision 2050. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-09431-9_1
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