Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Omnivore's Next Dilemma




Michael Pollan, Alla Malley
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma. (Photo by Alla Malley)
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Are humans just pawns in plants’ clever strategy to rule the Earth? At this 2007 TEDTalk in Monterey, California, author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from plants' perspective.

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