A tender look at an attempt to build a more habitable world that is more respectful of nature. A text that resonates with current debates.

A young ethnologist is sent to Berkeley in the 1980s to investigate "human ecology." Along the way, he experiences tender and comical adventures, which his sharp ethnologist’s eye and curious and amused writing style will turn into a kind of ecological fable. As we emerge from this eminently human and political work, we can’t help but wonder why we didn’t heed or take these "dreamers of the future" seriously, who warned us about the catastrophic state of affairs in which we find ourselves today.