The weather is warming in New York City, maybe early because of global warming, but plants are starting to grow. I see some growing in cracks in the sidewalk and concrete.

Life grows so fast, with so little opportunity. We just have to let it.

That we are decreasing the amount of life, causing species to go extinct and just decreasing the overall mass of living creatures shows how much we are destroying it. If we just let it be, it would grow back. It’s not. We’re destroying it. All we have to do is pull back on the throttle, nature will do the rest, but we can’t even just relax. We have to keep pushing.

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