InWe Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way.
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?
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.
Jonathan Safran Foeris the author of the novels
Everything Is Illuminated,
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and
Here I Am, and of the nonfiction book
Eating Animals. His work has received numerous awards and has been translated into thirty-six languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Winner of the 2020 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature
Financial TimesBest Books of 2019
The GuardianBest Food Books of 2019
Fast Company Best Climate Books of 2019
Beautiful, powerful writing that's made me rethink the way I eat. Samin Nosrat, author ofSalt Fat Acid Heat
Eye-opening . . . In this follow-up to his influentialEating Animals, [Foer] brings both personality and passion to an issue that no one has figured out how to address in a way that inspires an adequate response. Mark Bittman,The New York Times Book Reviló®
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