• Offlein@lemmy.world
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      One time, I met a tribal warrior from an indigenous Amazon rainforest tribe. He was the son of the tribe’s chief, actually.

      To illustrate the form of tribal wrestling that his and the other tribes compete in, and at which he was some sort of master, he unexpectedly put me into a headlock and threw me to the floor of my office.

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    North America was covered in curated forest as well.

    Smallpox and genocide put an end to that…

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    So, the sunny side of this article is that humankind can change tree covering to the better. If we want to, it’s possible. Let’s go out and plant a tree.