{"id":18561,"date":"2017-05-18T20:43:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=18561"},"modified":"2017-05-19T09:39:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T08:39:12","slug":"staring-down-extinction-a-conversation-with-elizabeth-kolbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2017\/05\/staring-down-extinction-a-conversation-with-elizabeth-kolbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Staring down extinction: A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18562\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wed-20101_1239_xl635-300x142.jpg\" alt=\"Staring down extinction: A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert\" width=\"575\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wed-20101_1239_xl635-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/wed-20101_1239_xl635.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>e are killing our planet. Of course, it\u2019s not quite that simple, but, as acclaimed writer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/elizabeth-kolbert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Kolbert<\/a>\u00a0explains in her Pulitzer-Prize-winning book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1250062187\/?tag=thneyo0f-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Sixth Extinction<\/em><\/a>, humans are to blame for the impending mass extinction that will spell the end of many of the world\u2019s species. The Earth has seen five other mass extinctions over the last half-billion years; one of them was the asteroid that obliterated the dinosaurs. But this time, it\u2019s not an asteroid \u2014 it\u2019s us.<\/p>\n<p>Kolbert\u2019s research took her across the globe and brought her face to face with evidence of species and habitats changing, and the scientists documenting all of it. She recently talked with the\u00a0University of Michigan\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/erb.umich.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Erb Institute<\/a>\u00a0about the state of our changing climate, the challenge of finding solutions, and the degree to which she sees room for hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article first published by\u00a0<i>Sustainable Brands<\/i>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>Read the original article here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainablebrands.com\/news_and_views\/organizational_change\/allison_torres_burtka\/staring_down_extinction_conversation_eliz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em>Staring down extinction: A conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Kolbert talked with the University of Michigan\u2019s Erb Institute about the state of our changing climate, the challenge of finding solutions, and the degree to which 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