For ages, Edda has been passionately campaigning for environmentalist causes when suddenly she is struck down by a despair, faced with the seeming futility of her work. She decides to retreat to an island in the North Sea, where she meets student Sophie who shares Edda's concerns and passions. How do you communicate the danger the very island they are standing on is in if people would rather ignore the threat? Is giving up and retreating an option?