Do we even know how much we’ve lost, how poisoned we are, how far away we’ve been driven from the land? By connecting the science of toxic materials with our human knowledge of childbirth in Having Faith, Steingraber gives us new knowledge; what would it mean for us to inhabit it?
So how can I feel hopeful? I am hopeful because there are those who strive to know, who don’t give up in the face of adversity, but continue to ask questions and take hold of lessons learned in history in order to take action and move forward. I am hopeful because the power of one person may have a decisive impact, and because more than ever before in history, we are able to link these individual voices together, and really hear what they have to say, if only we will listen.
