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Part of the irony of environmentalism is questing for solutions when you know you're part of the problem.

Diane Ackerman

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Diane Ackerman
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 7
Author
Naturalist
Non-Fiction Writer
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Waukegan
Illinois
Questing
Environmentalism
Irony
Solutions
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