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“Without a living healthy biosphere, there is no stable economy, no food or water security, and no public health resilience.”
– Nathalie Seddon, biodiversity expert
Dear Reader,
You might have heard a passage that goes like this: “When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.” The quote is attributed to Alanis Obomsawin, an Abenaki from the Odanak reserve north of Montreal. Dot’s Quote of the Week hearkens to that more famous quote, a sobering admonishment that much of our true wealth lies in our soil, in our plants, in the incredible biodiversity of our planet.
Nathalie Seddon, a professor of biodiversity at the University of Oxford, was part of a group of scientists who presented their concerns in a national emergency briefing to UK politicians in late November 2025. Nature, she told them, is not a luxury but rather critical infrastructure. And the state of depleted nature across the UK is a national security issue.
Those arguments hold true for all of us everywhere. TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham opened the briefing and, during his remarks, said something that we can hope world leaders hear: “A just, equitable transition to a clean economy would improve countless aspects of our lives, from creating jobs and improving health to strengthening communities and increasing resilience. We will look back on this moment bewildered that we did not act sooner, if we are able to act in time.”
Impatiently,
Dot
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