Stockholm Resilience Centre's Carl Folke lays down the word.

1. A biosphere shaped by humanity

4. “ Welcome to the Anthropocene Humans have changed the way the world works. Now they have to change the way they think about it, too Humans have become a force of nature reshaping the planet on a geological scale—but at a far-faster-than-geological speed.” May 28th, 2011 Reconnecting to the Biosphere

7. “ The challenge of the Anthropocene is to use human ingenuity to set things up so that the planet can accomplish its 21st-century task. Increasing the planet’s resilience will probably involve a few dramatic changes and a lot of fiddling,…. often through simple and piecemeal actions, if they are well thought through. And one of the messages of the Anthropocene is that piecemeal actions can quickly add up to planetary change.” The Economist May 28, 2011