{"product_id":"thoreau-and-me","title":"Thoreau and Me","description":"Some heavy reading on the ecological and climate emergency leads Cédric, a forty-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 Henry David Thoreau: writer, environmentalist and the author of Walden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo centuries separate Cédric from the author who, depressed by the narrow materialism of industrialised America, retreated to a single-room cabin in the woods by Walden Pond. But 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 not only squanders the earth's resources but separates human beings from nature. Inspired by Thoreau's return to nature, Cédric begins dreaming of his own retreat from urban life: his own self-sufficient cabin in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Thoreau and Me, Cédric Taling explores the causes and consequences of today's climate emergency. Blending humour, philosophy and fiction, Taling asks how, at a time of unprecedented ecological and climate breakdown, we can learn to live with and respond to eco-anxiety.","brand":"Self Made Hero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42664213938212,"sku":"9781910593837","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9781910593837.jpg?v=1777352411","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/thoreau-and-me","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}