The human body is often perceived as a unit, and it’s easy to forget that its' boundaries are blurry. In reality, every breath, sip and bite is in connection with nature.
 
Likewise, the space between the crust (the inner edge of the circle) and the top of the atmosphere, 10,000 km up in space (the outer edge) is not clearly defined. Yet, this space can be understood by some researchers as an entity — called the Earth System. This abstraction made with cracked metal leafs, drawn to scale, illustrates the beautifully complex network where air, water, land and life are intertwined as a body.
 
According to the Earth System framework, we are interconnected within this complex system as one. All beings are part of the same whole.

According to Earth System scientists, the Earth System has changed 'states' along history. Not so long ago was an ice age, and for the last 12,000 years, it has been considered to be in a state called 'Holocene'. This state has been defined by stable temperatures — which has led to agriculture, civilization and Khruangbin.