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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
So... I cried.
Full disclosure: I always cry at those very rare moments when some portion of humanity actually does the right thing. And when that right thing is exploited or overturned. Especially those moments from the 1930s and 40s which saw the highest highs and lowest lows in human behavior, sometimes even in the same humans.
Foer invokes many WWII moments in his discussion of how we are all involved in climate change, both its causes and its (potential) resolutions. Will humans rally the way wartime citizens did, letting their income be taxed, their food rationed, their windows darkened at night? The author shares his own struggles to believe in climate change in a way that actually changes his actions. He looks at everything from Thanksgiving celebrations to polio immunizations to trace how change really happens in society. Can this wave get started with climate change? Or are we the Polish villagers who do nothing as the Nazis approach?
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a digital ARC.
Full disclosure: I always cry at those very rare moments when some portion of humanity actually does the right thing. And when that right thing is exploited or overturned. Especially those moments from the 1930s and 40s which saw the highest highs and lowest lows in human behavior, sometimes even in the same humans.
Foer invokes many WWII moments in his discussion of how we are all involved in climate change, both its causes and its (potential) resolutions. Will humans rally the way wartime citizens did, letting their income be taxed, their food rationed, their windows darkened at night? The author shares his own struggles to believe in climate change in a way that actually changes his actions. He looks at everything from Thanksgiving celebrations to polio immunizations to trace how change really happens in society. Can this wave get started with climate change? Or are we the Polish villagers who do nothing as the Nazis approach?
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for a digital ARC.
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
The author is well known for his novels which I find to be written in very disconnected style. I would say this nonfiction book is really a collection of disconnected essays that are well annotated. Foer often refers to Roy Scranton’s book Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene, and I would recommend Scranton’s book over this one as better reading on climate change.
medium-paced
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
Ein wieder mal sehr inspirierender Bestseller zu dem hochbrisanten Thema "Klimakrise", dargestellt in "Jonathan Safran Foer"-typisch persönlicher, überzeugender Manier.
challenging
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
Very indifferent and was debating between two and three stars. There are sentences that are incredibly poignant and beautifully written that bring to light the fact that we as a species are suicidal as we propel forward doing nothing to stop our demise as a result of climate change, but these sentences just become regurgitated over and over as the book moves on. Reading this as someone who is vegan, I just don't know if it had enough there to really persuade someone to change their diet, I hope so but am not convinced. Might be a good place to start or read for those who haven't read a lot on the topic, but there are so many documentaries and texts on this topic (climate change and plant based diets) now that this one did not stand out for me among some of the others.