From the bestselling author of Eating Animalsand Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - a brilliant,fresh take on climate change and what we can do about it
Climate crisis is the single biggest threat to human survival. And it is happening right now. We all understand that time is running out - but do we truly believe it And,caught between the seemingly unimaginable and the apparently unthinkable,how can we take the first step towards action,to arrest our race to extinction
We can begin with our knife and fork. The link between farming animals and the climate crisis is barely discussed,because giving up our meat-based diets feels like an impossible ask. But we don't have to go cold turkey. Cutting out animal products for just part of the day is enough to change the world.
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. But we have done it before and we can do it again. Collective action is the way to save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat,and don't eat,for breakfast.
With his distinctive wit,insight and humanity,Jonathan Safran Foer presents the essential debate of our time as no one else could,bringing it to vivid and urgent life and offering us all a much-needed way out.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241363331Number of pages: 288Weight: 407 gDimensions: 222 x 144 x 29 mm
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'This is a life-changing book and will alter your relationship to food for ever.'- The Observer
'(Foer) makes his case persuasively... the future of the planet is in our hands- or rather,it's on our plates.'- The Times
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer is an American novelist best-known for Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. He has also written a non-fiction work about meat production called Eating Animals. We are the Weather,a book about vegetarianism and climate change,will be published in October 2019.
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