Posts Tagged: ‘Ecocide’

A Famous Case of ‘Ecocide’ Gets Debunked

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A historical thesis popularized by Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel, postulates that the tiny and remote Easter Island suffered a devastating ecological collapse as the result of poor stewardship of natural resources by its inhabitants. Diamond goes on to suggest this “ecocide” parallels our own global situation. But these claims have now… Read more »