“Author Clare G. Coleman describes what Aboriginals do when they meet for the first time: they discuss family going back twenty generations or more to determine how they are associated and linked. From their point of view, what makes us human is how we are connected, not what we have. Davis considers languages in the way a biologist sees species diversity. "Distinct cultures represent unique visions of life, morally inspired and inherently right. And those different voices become part of the overall repertoire of humanity for coping with challenges confronting us in the future. As we drift toward a blandly amorphous, generic world, as cultures disappear and life becomes more uniform, we as a people and a species, and Earth itself, will be deeply impoverished." There is a language ecosystem in the world, and it is no coincidence that the density and location of Indigenous cultures closely match the remaining areas of greatest biodiversity.” —  Carbon: The Book of Life, Paul Hawken, pp. 122-123