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We are the weather saving the planet begins at breakfast

Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations d...

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Main Author: Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Livestock > Climatic factors.
Animal culture.
Sustainable agriculture.
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Summary:Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn<U+2019>t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response? In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way. The task of saving the planet will involve a great reckoning with ourselves<U+2015>with our all-too-human reluctance to sacrifice immediate comfort for the sake of the future. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat<U+2015>and don<U+2019>t eat<U+2015>for breakfast.
Physical Description:272 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-270).
ISBN:9780374280000
0374280002
Author Notes:Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) is an American author best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). He was born in Washington, D.C. and attended Georgetown Day School and Princeton University.

In 2000, Foer was awarded the Zoetrope: All-Story Fiction Prize and in 2007 he was included in Granta's Best of Young American Novelists.

His forthcoming nonfiction book is entitled, Eating Animals. His title Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close made The N.Y. Times Best Seller List for 2012.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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