RIPPLE: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist Dad and His Daughter

by William Powers

An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist and His Daughter is a narrative of letters written by an ecologist dad to his daughter upon her coming-of-age. Drawing upon his personal history, family anecdotes, and shared memories, Powers envisions a path for humanity’ s reintegration with nature, and a chance to save the life force that runs through all of us. A story of separation has long gripped the human that people are separate— with more advanced habitats, technologies, and values— from our natural surroundings and fellow creatures. We have been told this story for generations. But as Powers watches his daughter approach adulthood, with all of society’ s expectations, he knows that the story we pass down has to change. In Ripple, he tells a different tale, one of community and family, inner wisdom, and shared existence within a living planet.

272 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 18, 2025

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