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"There are men who fight one day and are good. There are others who fight one year and are better. There are those who fight many years and are very good. But there are those who fight their entire lives: those are the indispensable ones." ― Bertolt Brecht

His fight will last for more than a lifetime but here we are to build the "living climate movement"

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Such a loss. I'm feeling it every day, and I never met him.

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Thank you for sharing this sad news. I was not familiar with Millan until I started reading your work a few months ago. I am going to spend a nice chunk of time with his ideas now - I am fascinated with the way modern landscapes were created by past land use (misuse). I am also spending time again with James Lovelock’s work, another great systems thinker who passed away recently.

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Jan 26Liked by Rob Lewis

Rob- Thank you so much bringing Millan Millan to your readers. You have written beautifully about him, and this post and poem continue that beauty. 🙏

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Lovely poem tribute to Millan Millan. His passing is a sad loss for Humanity, but maybe his words will now be heard.

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oh wow, i didnt know about this. So sad.... his pioneering and trail blazing spirit was evident when I was lucky enough to converse with him...

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Jan 26Liked by Rob Lewis

Thank you Rob for this beautiful tribute - I am so glad you got to know Millan Millan, even if only by email... I had only known about him when Judith Schwartz mentioned him in her book 'Water in Plain Sight', but thanks to your 3 articles I felt I got to know him a as human being as well as a living earth, living climate scientist.

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Jan 25Liked by Rob Lewis

That was an excellent poem and article, thank you.

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