A review by nityaji
The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk

4.0

Maybe not the best writing, but this book made me think long and hard about planetary resources, our current squandering of them, and how things might be if we continue on. it takes place in 2050, and resources are few. Water is scarce and precious, oil even scarcer. In San Francisco, the people have learned how to survive, thrive, even, by cooperative community.But of course, there are greedy bastards trying to control and hoard the resources at the deprivation of everyone else. That we, the people, can be victorious through love and consciousness, and cooperation, is the message. My book club read this and it sparked one of our most invigorating conversations several months ago.