A concerned meditation on how we care for the places where we live in the Anthropocene, and how we might take action.

California in flames, Andalucia become a desert, cities worldwide discovering their vulnerabilities during the COVID pandemic—the mounting evidence can no longer be ignored. Our world is becoming less habitable every day. Drawing on many examples from major urban areas like Dubai to Chili's lithium mines, geographer Michel Lussault reflects on the state of emergency inherent to the Anthropocene.
Eschewing fantasies of "returning to nature," Lussault takes stock of global urbanization, woven from interdependencies among living beings. Starting with this urban materality, we must imagine future ways of living on this planet together.