Permaculture expert and educator, Andrew Faust reads excerpts from The Burning Earth: 500 Year s of Environmental History written by Yale professor Sunil Amrith, and leads a discussion (which just may lead to a new eco-focused book club!)

Faust describes the work as “an erudite and articulate, spanning from early agrarian societies and the transition from Nomadic lifestyles to sedentary more rice and grain based agriculture. The book dives in depth into China, India and Russian histories with a powerful writing style that carries us all the way into contemporary times. Sunil Amrith observes sweeping and insightful patterns of history , tying together vast swaths of time and ecological relationships, distilling them to poignant and important connections.

Please listen as we go from early civilizations to colonialism, sugar, WW I - tanks vs. horses, WW II - chemicals and industrialization, wrapping with the green revolution, India and modern global food issues and ideas.

For a head start, preview this podcast episode Faust recorded.