Braiding Sweetgrass

This book is meant to be read outside in the spring or summer, and I saved it until then for maximum effect. And it worked, sort of.

At first I was really in tune with everything that the author was saying, and feeling very inspired. But a large part of the book is spent showing how mainstream American and European cultures destroy the natural world, how they put humans on a pedestal and sacrifice all other forms of life for their own needs - which I totally agree to be true. And the book made me realize that there is no way this will ever change because it would cause inconvenience and suffering to humans. Soulless monoculture fields are the only way to feed 7 billion+ humans, even though it means destroying habitats for thousands of other species. This cold hard truth solidified with every page that I read, and by the halfway point I was so depressed I couldn't go on. I'm putting this book aside for the rest of the year, and will pick it back up next Spring. Judgement (star rating) withheld until the finish.