Anthropocene

Anthropocene

Anglocene

Thanatocene

Technocene

Medusocene

Econocene

Thermocene

Phagocene

Capitalocene

DestinationEarth

A project produced by Musée de la nature du Valais

Humanity is passing through a new geological era, the Anthropocene era. For the first time modern man, Homo sapiens, has, over a short period of time – a few hundred years, become a force capable of radically transforming the environment. The resulting current ecological problems go far beyond the simple question of climate.

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The human impact on Earth

The manifestations of the Anthropocene have a human origin.

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The origins of the Anthropocene

Since when and for what reasons do we act as if nature had infinite resources?

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