A very good read. Lots to think about. I doubt climate change disbelievers will read this book, which is a shame. In many ways, she defends why they hold their position and the lifestyle, which is seriously unappreciated. (Farmers are rarely beloved after the nursery rhyme stage.) The explanation for climate change and why people are confused over the issue (and how science works) is explained in a very readable manner.

But it is the yuppies, the people like myself (educated bookworm that DOES fly on airplanes and owns two cars) who will be reading the book - and see the faults in our own lifestyles and choices.

It is a shame that the spotted owl and many of the environmental movements drew the line in the sand against the very people who actually live in the nature (rural areas!), grow our food and provided the raw materials we need. (What have you wiped your butt with lately? Leaves? Or toilet paper made from trees? Exactly.) Hunters, ranchers, farmers, fishermen, loggers - these were once a group of professionals that were a fountain of info and were also invested in the earth's future. But the environmental movement - rather than work with them, try to glean their knowledge, try to find solutions that were in balance and preserved such a way of growing our food - killed them off and gave the multi-nationals a way in that now truly destroy the earth.

This not a book of solutions, but a story of grey areas where the lines are not drawn between blue states and red. It also takes the 'good guy / bad guy' hats off and blurs the lines, showing that the blame is not so easily to pin point - and lots of good intentions are actually useless and misguided.

I love books that delve into the grey. Much to ponder.