Fair(er) Futures Book Club: The Sower (Octavia E. Butler) (NL)

About the book When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in 2024, California becomes a place full of danger: from severe water shortages to masses of drug-addicted maniacs who will do anything to survive another day. 15-year-old Lauren Olamina lives with her father in a shielded community, protected from the anarchy outside the walls. Lauren suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to the emotions of others. But when the community becomes unsafe, Lauren must flee. With her sharp eye on power, community, and resilience, American writer Octavia E. Butler wrote a poignant and surprisingly current novel about survival, hope, and the question of how we can sow a better world together. Find this book in the Muntpunt catalog: Dutch version, English version, English e-book or Nederlandstalig Daisy audiobook. Over de Fair(er) Futures Book Club  Hoe can we imagine a fair(er) future? One in which we take into account the carrying capacity of the earth and each other. In de Fair(er) Futures Book Club we dive into books by inspiring thinkers who provide us with tools and show how beautiful the world can also be. The sessions alternate between Dutch and English. This session is in Dutch. Fair(er) Futures Book Club is an initiative of Oikos, think tank for social-ecological change.