Life has always been a matter of boundaries: defending them, crossing them, conquering them.
Plants, animals, fungi: all compete for a ray of sunshine, a safe burrow, an escape route and to do so they employ a surprising evolutionary creativity, made up of dispersal, forced migrations, and conflicts that regulate access to resources.
Human beings are no exception: they have marked lands, erected walls, and redrawn landscapes, convinced that the world was big enough for their ambitions. But, while we were wearing down ecosystems, the climate was changing, and the boundaries of deserts and oceans were advancing, taking away the very space we were trying to expand.
Emanuela Celona and Alessandra Corrà, journalists from the Piemonte Parchi editorial staff, in conversation with Claudia Bordese, author of the book Fatti più in là. Quando lo spazio è vitale: they show how space, as contested as it is fragile, is the invisible force that governs behaviors, cultures, and destinies.
Because, in the end, nature always reminds us of the same lesson: the blanket is short, and it is up to us to make it fit.
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