Scotland’s history and future cannot be separated from climate change and the story of the modern world. This small country is a living museum of the crisis of the west. Of deindustrialisation, stagnation and the struggle to build a better future from the ashes.
Journalist and sociologist Dominic Hinde travels from the treeless Highlands to the lowland cities, struggling to balance memories with aspiration. Part memoir, part environmental history, part travelogue, this is a compelling narrative of connections – to place, energy and the possibility of renewal. Can the lessons of the past help us build a more sustainable future?
