With the severe droughts happening everywhere right now, sometimes I get really frustrated at the governments for not acting, and also hopeless, when I look at my garden and all the suffering plants. I grieve when imagining the effects of the drought on the human and nonhuman environment and species and sometimes it feels like every action I've taken to combat climate change has been futile.

However, thinking about this book - with its many chapters on coexistence, restoration and ways to act - often gives me hope. Today I thought about the chapter on the Onondaga Lake and how even the most polluted and lifeless areas can be restored if the will and planning and connection to nature is there. RWK also shows us how we can coexist with 'nature' or nonhuman beings, how mutual flourishing is possible. It gives me hope about changing the way modern societies interact with nature. It makes me wanna act, and gets me out of my frustrated ruminations.

In the end, this is a book about hope, and I'm deeply grateful to have read it and to have some tools and knowledge that helps me - and hopefully some of you too - to make a positive change and not despair.