Yale Environment 360: That we live in a new epoch defined by humankinds unprecedented influence on the natural world is becoming less a matter of debate than a starting point for future action. But now that the Anthropocene phenomenon has been identified and labeled, how do we act in a way that begins to reverse our increasingly disruptive impacts on the planets fundamental natural systems?
Author Jedediah Purdy -- who came to prominence nearly two decades ago when, as a young Yale law student, he wrote a book-length...