Screwing something for profit gets a negative connotation when taken in its most basic form, but - if you think about it - it's also the American way.

 Or at least the American Capitalist way.

Friday at Orca Books in Olympia, local author and television producer Elaine Smitha will delve into her recent book, Screwing Mother Nature for Profit.

(But what about fun?)

According to event hype, "Ransacking pristine forests, vandalizing sacred lands and exploiting nature the world over: there are no limits to what Big Business will do to turn profit. But in this revelatory book, renowned businesswoman Elaine Smitha takes on the corporations and governments, showing them how to clean up their act by adopting the characteristics of the one thing they are damaging the most: Mother Nature herself. Will they listen? Only time will tell."

The one thing that's certain is you should listen to Smitha in person at Orca Friday.

[Orca Books, 7 p.m., free, 509 Fourth Ave. E, Olympia 360.0123]