“Trees are our outer lungs...”
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Conversation
Phytoplankton more than trees.
But yeah. Fascinating thought.
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One could argue that the trees constitute something relatively similar on a global scale that is our lungs do in relation to our body... and our lungs are constructed of tiny, tiny bits of microbes and cells, and by themselves they’re not much: it’s the interrelationship...
...of all these tiny bits (microbes, phytoplankton) that constitute large things that keeps us alive. Every bit is important in the grand scale.
What’s the most lovely resemblance to me in this analogy is the similarity of the formation of trees and the formation of our veins.
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