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" "They will realize the fact that planet and man can and should work hand in hand, so to speak, to their mutual benefit and understanding; and that the majority of cataclysms, earthquakes, droughts and floods are in actuality man-made. The past unfortunate period of ignorant self-interest resulting in private enterprise, which has among other disasters, exploited parts of the planet to the extent of flaying the surface of its layer of fertile earth which has taken aeons to build up, will be found to have given all of mankind a serious set-back. It will be necessary for the people fully to realize that this is so, and therefore to subscribe to a patient and lengthy process of renovation of the soil.
Vera Dorothea Stanley Alder (29 October 1898 – 26 May 1984) was an English portrait painter, mystic, and self-help and spirituality author.
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This work will also prove successful in the older deserts such as Sahara, on the Russian Steppes, and in other districts where the mud nuisance will be largely overcome, and in districts such as those in China where famines are induced by climatic conditions which will have been found to be alterable by man through intelligent afforestation and other measures. Only when such problems are treated through a worldwide planning scheme and from a highly scientific angle can it be hoped to produce radical changes in climate and in desert-making conditions, but eventually it can and will be done.
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