August Celebration: A Molecule of Hope for a Changing World Paperback – January 1, 1994 by Linda Grover
 
This book recounts the discovery of a wild-grown algae superfood in an Oregon Cascades lake and examines the resulting network of socially conscious consumers and distributors across North America. This true story begins as writer Linda Grover and her artist partner Tom Daugherty flee both the real violence of the Los Angeles riots and the fictional television violence she's been obliged to write. Driving north through the heartland of California agribusiness in search of a new home and new way of life, they encounter only more evidence of a failed system. Eventually they end up at a remote Oregon lake where they buy an old house and cabin and prepare to give up on the world. But then by chance Linda and her partner happen in on the annual lakeside "August Celebration" of an unusual new micro-culture led by a man and woman who are cheerfully determined to save the world their own way. From initial skepticism and doubt to eventually sharing the passion and vision of the people she encounters, Grover takes us on a journey of hope and reveals practical, close to the earth ways to help us revitalize ourselves, our society and our planet.
 
4.15