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Author Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Location Call No. Status
 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  636 FOE    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  636 FOE    AVAILABLE
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Description 272 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-270).
Contents Unbelievable -- How to prevent the greatest dying -- Only home -- Dispute with the soul -- More life.
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 didnt 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 ourselveswith 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 eatand dont eatfor breakfast.
Subject Livestock -- Climatic factors.
Animal culture.
Sustainable agriculture.
Genre Nonfiction.
ISBN 9780374280000 (hardcover)
0374280002 (hardcover)
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