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I Came Home from Saving the Rainforest
- Halfway to Better, Book 6
- Narrated by: Emily Ellet
- Length: 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
SHORT STORY: A very short story about the cost of cutting down a tree. I Came Home From Saving the Rainforest is one of six short solarpunk stories in the Halfway to Better collection. If you enjoyed the optimistic climate solutions in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future or the cozy cooperative future in Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot series, you will enjoy Halfway to Better.