One quadrillion cells make up a human being, and 90 percent of them are bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and other microbes, without which we could not survive. Therein lies a paradox: what makes us fully human is, well, not human. Within our body is the back-story of the earth four billion years ago, the molecular chains, elemental compounds, simple bacteria, and salty fluids that wash our eyes and surround our cells, forming a compendium of life that has preceded us. We have always been a work in progress, a cumulative animal, a chimeric fusion of different organisms from the beginning of life “bound together by the elastic string of time”.
Paul Hawken, Blessed Unrest
There is no separation. Ecosystems are both strong and fragile. 'They' can endure a great deal, but when there is an imbalance change will take place. The only constant in life is change.
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