Last night marked my final bookstore talk regarding "On the Brink." It took place here in St. Paul and gave me a chance to talk about Minnesota's role, responsibility and opportunity to protect the Lakes. I flipped on its side the typical map of the Great Lakes to show that Minnesota is a "headwaters" state for the lakes. Most people here think of MN as headwaters only for the Mississippi. Raising consciousness of the Great Lakes here is a paramount priority.
It's been great promoting the book and audiences have been thoughtful, curious and interested. But I am concluding (big surprise) that serious tomes on environmental topics are not the way to stir the great mass of people who love the Lakes. A friend is working on a thriller novel about the piracy of Great Lakes water and I think that might actually reach many more and open hearts and eyes. Reactions?