Thoreau and Me

ISBN: 1910593834

Author: Taling, C�dric

Condition: New

A timely, readable inquiry into the causes and consequences of climate breakdownSome heavy reading on the ecological and climate emergency leads Cdric, a 40-something painter living in Paris, to question his life choices. In a state of vulnerability, racked with eco-anxiety, he is contacted by the spirit of writer, environmentalist, and Walden author Henry David Thoreau.As their Socratic dialogue continues, Cdric notices striking parallels between the suffocating commercialism of mid-19th-century America and the unsustainable, alienating, tech-driven consumerism of today. Both societies are shaped by a single priority-economic growth-that squanders the earths natural resources and separates us from nature. Inspired by Thoreaus return to nature, Cdric begins dreaming of his own retreat from urban life to a self-sufficient cabin in the woods.