Lichens and the Meaning of Life
“Our interconnected relationships were long supported by wisdom traditions, stories, and rituals that gave us meaning and made sense of the world. This knowing lives in our bones -- the understanding that we are not separate from Earth but are Earth becoming aware of itself. Our bodies are made of soil and sunlight, our breath one with the winds,
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Patricia Kaishian (organizer and author)atmos.earth
It remains debatable whether the lichen’s fungi and algae are locked in an exploitative master-slave relationship or enjoy a cozier partnership beneficial to both. Although the algae give up some of their sweet, photosynthesized sugar, in return the fungi give algae some of the minerals they eke from rock. The fungi can do that because they possess
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