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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Climate change lacks an engaging, credible narrative, leaving many people unmotivated to take meaningful action today.
Chapter 3: We aren’t built to react to abstract threats like climate change.
Chapter 4: We receive confusing, misleading guidance on how to prevent climate change.
Chapter 5: Combating climate change will need both top-down and bottom-up activism.
Chapter 6: Industrial livestock farming is among the primary causes of climate change today.
Chapter 7: The most effective way to save Earth is to skip animal products at breakfast and lunch daily.
Chapter 8: It’s already too late to avert climate-change disasters, but that still doesn’t mean we ought to give up at all.
Description
We Are the Weather (2019) is a rigorous investigation of climate change, what it means and why humans seem so powerless to tackle it. Jonathan Safran Foer argues that while climate change is terrifying and hard to understand, there is a very simple action that we can take: By leaving out meat and animal products for breakfast and lunch, we can make a huge contribution to the health of the planet.
Who Should Listen
- People who want to save the planet, but feel paralyzed by what first step to take
- Psychology buffs who are interested in group dynamics, and what motivates people to act
- Would-be vegans who need a bit more persuasion to take the plunge