“The organisms of Earth are not ‘resources’ for humans to use to their advantage or convenience; they are the extended organs of our own bodies. Their fates affect us directly and instantaneously, because the world is not a unification of discrete organisms… it is a unity, first and foremost. Their fates become our own, and the suffering we inflict upon them for our convenience and profit comes out of a pool that our own natures and origins arise from. It is for this reason that humans cannot be either intelligent or civilized until our relations with other organisms and ecologies take this into direct and profound account. To me, other organisms are actually the extended organs of my own body, and thus, our fates are shared… directly, not theoretically. So, too, our senses, histories and possible futures…”

— an anonymous informant