{"id":2136,"date":"2023-05-27T21:32:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2136"},"modified":"2023-05-27T21:32:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T21:32:48","slug":"jamie-lorimer-the-probiotic-planet","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/jamie-lorimer-the-probiotic-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Lorimer &#8211; The Probiotic Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, 11 January 2021, Jamie Lorimer, associate professor in the School of Geography and the Environment at University of Oxford, discussed his book\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.umn.edu\/book-division\/books\/the-probiotic-planet\">The Probiotic Planet: Using Life to Manage Life<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(University of Minnesota Press, 2020) on the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of us are familiar with probiotics added to milk or yogurt to improve gastrointestinal health. In fact, the term refers to any intervention in which life is used to manage life\u2014from the microscopic, like consuming fermented food to improve gut health, to macro approaches such as biological pest control and natural flood management. In this ambitious and original work, Jamie Lorimer offers a sweeping overview of diverse probiotic approaches and an insightful critique of their promise and limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During our current epoch\u2014the Anthropocene\u2014human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment, leading to the loss of ecological abundance, diversity, and functionality. Lorimer describes cases in which scientists and managers are working with biological processes to improve human, environmental, and even planetary health, pursuing strategies that stand in contrast to the \u201cantibiotic approach\u201d: Big Pharma, extreme hygiene, and industrial agriculture.&nbsp;<em>The Probiotic Planet<\/em>&nbsp;focuses on two forms of \u201crewilding\u201d occurring on vastly different scales. The first is the use of keystone species like wolves and beavers as part of landscape restoration. The second is the introduction of hookworms into human hosts to treat autoimmune disorders. In both cases, the goal is to improve environmental health, whether the environment being managed is planetary or human. Lorimer argues that, all too often, such interventions are viewed in isolation, and he calls for a rethinking of artificial barriers between science and policy. 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