At 49, author and environmental activist hardly recognized herself.
Her large home, her stocks in a hydraulic fracturing company and her family's multitude of unnecessary gadgets all seemed at odds with the way she lived three decades ago as a young Peace Corps volunteer in Botswana.
Her latest book, "Renewable: One woman's search for simplicity, faithfulness and hope" (/2015) follows Flanagan's path to becoming the leader of a small group of environmental activists who to stop financing mountain top removal.
Host Frank Stasio talks with Flanagan about her book and EQAT's successful campaign.
Flanagan reads tonight at 7 p.m. at in Durham.