Kara Rogers‘ new book Out of Nature; Why Drugs from Plants Matter to the Future of Humanity instantly went to the top of my “to read” short list the moment I finished reading the press release about it from the University of Arizona Press. After all, the combination of botany and ecology with the all-too-pressing but seldom popularly discussed karmic aspect of nature conservation – that the life forms we save today might just someday save our own tomorrow – should make for an interesting book indeed.