A timely, readable inquiry into the causes and consequences of climate
breakdown
Some heavy reading on the ecological and climate emergency leads Cédric,
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, Cédric 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 earth's natural resources and separates us from nature.
Inspired by Thoreau's return to nature, Cédric begins dreaming of his
own retreat from urban life to a self-sufficient cabin in the woods.