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Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here
Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here | Hope Jahren
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"Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for." --Nature "A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a brilliantly sardonic and conversational style." --E. O. Wilson "Hope Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet? The Story of More is thoughtful, informative, and--above all--essential." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction Hope Jahren is an award-winning scientist, a brilliant writer, a passionate teacher, and one of the seven billion people with whom we share this earth. In The Story of More, she illuminates the link between human habits and our imperiled planet. In concise, highly readable chapters, she takes us through the science behind the key inventions--from electric power to large-scale farming to automobiles--that, even as they help us, release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere like never before. She explains the current and projected consequences of global warming--from superstorms to rising sea levels--and the actions that we all can take to fight back. At once an explainer on the mechanisms of global change and a lively, personal narrative given to us in Jahren's inimitable voice, The Story of More is the essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it.
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heatherspoetlife

Listening to this audiobook again. I just loved it the first time. It really made me consider so many things about interacting with the world. I first listened to it just after Braiding Sweetgrass and they went together beautifully.

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kissmehardy
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The English major in me really appreciated the YA adaptation here - I'm too intimidated to pick up the adult version! Very factual and accessible, and the guide for how to make changes in your own life at the end was reasonable and necessary. #yanonfiction

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TrishB
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Exactly. The amount of food waste in wealthy countries whilst 1 billion people go hungry 😞

eanderson Yes!!! 4y
Suet624 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
kspenmoll Great quote!!!!! 4y
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Catherine_Willoughby Similar argument is happening here locally. Due to current restrictions many local families are starving, parents restricting food so kids can eat and the homeless can't access food or limited meals through local charities that provide meals. The local asylum provision service, many residents can work but are complaining about their free food ( local food) . Going on hunger strike. Food going to waste. Many families would gladly take the food ! 4y
alisiakae I highlighted this quite too when I read it! 4y
TrishB @4thhouseontheleft it‘s so true 😞 but whilst the world is run on profit. 4y
TrishB @Catherine_Willoughby there are so many sad stories of hunger 😞 4y
TrishB @eanderson @Suet624 @kspenmoll there were some good thinking points in the book! 4y
Cathythoughts Great quote 👍🏻 4y
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Qpri
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A nice read, well-timed with my recent efforts to be more plant-based! 😊

rachelsbrittain Such a great photo! 5y
Qpri @rachelsbrittain Thank you!! It‘s in Ubud, Bali 😬 Since we won‘t be traveling for a while, I‘m fondly looking back at old travel pics! 5y
rachelsbrittain @Qpri yeah I feel that 😅😭 5y
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BookishMe
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#BloomingBibliophiles Tree
Was looking up Jahren's earlier book, Lab Girl, for this prompt, when I realised her new book is on Overdrive ;D

Both on TBR, tagged on hold

Suet624 I‘m so glad she wrote another book. Lab Girl was so good. 5y
BookishMe @Suet624 absolutely! She made science so relatable and her own story, her friendship made it unforgettable. 5y
Suet624 @BookishMe exactly. 💕 5y
MemoirsForMe I loved Lab Girl too. Looking forward to your review of her new one. 5y
BookishMe @UwannaPublishme 👌🏾🥰👌🏾 5y
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