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ne of the biggest polit- ‹ Above: Chickens WATER IS A FINITE RESOURCE,
ical hot-button issues are easy to raise,
and they provide SO ANY CLIMATE CHANGE
today revolves around eggs, as well as
meat.
climate change—a PREPARATION SHOULD REVOLVE
O topic that literally gets AROUND SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS
people on all sides of the issue hot
under the collar. MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE.
The fact is, the climate does change;
it has done so before and throughout
human history. Since man first built
cities and plowed the fields, humankind The question shouldn’t be whether it is happening but how to prepare for it. Aside
has altered the environment and, from focusing efforts on lower-emission cars, more-efficient light bulbs and lessening
with it, changed the climate … at least one’s “carbon footprint,” the smart money is on adapting. Human history is filled with
in small ways. cases where humans either adapted to climate change or died.

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