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We are the weather : saving the planet begins at breakfast / Jonathan Safran Foer.

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'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--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--and don't eat--for breakfast."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374280000
  • ISBN: 0374280002
  • ISBN: 9780374909543
  • ISBN: 0374909547
  • Physical Description: 272 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-270).
Formatted Contents Note:
Unbelievable -- How to prevent the greatest dying -- Only home -- Dispute with the soul -- More life.
Subject: Livestock > Climatic factors.
Climatic changes.
Animal culture.
Sustainable agriculture.
Climatic changes > Prevention.
Global warming.
Global warming > Prevention.
Vegetation and climate.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology.
Animal culture.
Climatic changes.
Global warming.
Global warming > Prevention.
Livestock > Climatic factors.
Sustainable agriculture.
Vegetation and climate.
Domestic animals.
Domestic animals > Care.
Sustainable agriculture.

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Syndetic Solutions - Author Notes for ISBN Number 9780374280000
We Are the Weather : Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
We Are the Weather : Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
by Foer, Jonathan Safran
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Author Notes

We Are the Weather : Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

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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