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We are the Weather
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
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From the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fresh and accessible take on climate change - and what we can do about it.
Most books about the environmental crisis are densely academic, depressingly doom-laden and crammed with impersonal statistics. We are the Weather is different - accessible, immediate and with a single clear solution that individual readers can put into practice straight away.
A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. Giving up meat is incredibly hard and nobody is perfect - but just cutting back is much easier and still has a huge positive effect on the environment. Cutting out meat for just part of the day is enough to change the world.
With his distinctive wit, insight and humanity, Foer frames this essential debate as no one else could, bringing it to vivid and urgent life.
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We Are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer receives praise for its hopeful and thought-provoking approach to the climate crisis, urging readers to make incremental changes in their eating habits. The book intertwines Foer's personal stories with engaging metaphors, offering a compelling and visually appealing narrative. Many reviews highlight its capacity to inspire life-altering changes in attitudes toward food, underlining the significant impact of individual choices on the environment.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780241984918
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 October 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 206g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Eating Animals and Here I Am. He has also edited a new modern edition of the sacred Jewish Haggadah. Everything Is Illuminated won several literary prizes, including the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book Award. He edited the anthology A Convergence of Birds- Original Fiction and Poetry Inspired by the Work of Joseph Cornell, and his stories have been published in the Paris Review, Conjunctions and the New Yorker. Jonathan Safran Foer teaches Creative Writing at New York University.
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