Trapped...

... Between earning money to survive

supporting an economy that exploits the natural world

... And feeling responsible for its consequences

extinction of other species and possibly our own

...While appreciating life

experiencing, growing, and imagining at civilization's peak

From the introduction:

This book is an anthology of short stories, poems, and essays, along with a short memoir, covering a broad range of subjects that include love, childhood, faith, values, death, and humanity’s potential future. The title comes from one of the poems, which describes a hard but hopeful path toward the ultimate survival of our species and others now at serious risk.

That risk is a recurrent theme in much of the book, based on research into historical trends and natural limits to how large our population can grow.