Following the sunrise, the author explores a dozen extreme environments where humans have lived for millennia by making judicious use of nature: hunting, fishing, gathering, little farming in what we in the West call subsistence. In our thirst for conquest, we called these humans lazy, because their way of life did not conform to ours, did not show 'growth', did not bring profit, and we devoted ourselves to the massive exploitation of these environments, forever altering them. Yet these environments and their inhabitants are resilient, and somehow try, now more than ever, to return to the pre-existing situation, or rather, to a new equilibrium.
The author, besides being a great observer, is a very fine pen, allowing the reader to see what he sees and to enter deeply into his thoughts and reflections.
The only limitation of this book is its conclusion. The concluding chapter, in fact, is a kind of solarpunk prophecy, splendid, but made a sad utopia by the events that followed the completion of the book: pandemic, war in Ukraine, food and energy crisis among others. Perhaps, it can be said, that the examples of subsistence presented in the book can be a guide to the unsafe life that lies ahead.