A review by avadore
We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer

challenging dark informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

I found this more challenging than I initially thought I would. I'm vegan and this book is largely about how our choices with food are one of the ways we can make the biggest impact on the climate crisis. So shouldn't I have smug in the way that people often lambast vegans for being? Rather than fit the uncharitable stereotype I felt increasing dread with every page. Will it really be enough. Will we really be able to do it. This book doesn't answer those questions, and it's not as didactic as Eating Animals. I really appreciated having a deep dive into the existential side of climate change. If you're unconvinced that reading a book can help with sorting out your feelings about the biggest crisis we're going to face together as people I would highly recommend Leena Norm's POSITIVE PANIC series on YouTube. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Genocide

Minor: Body shaming

Some distracting and uncalled for fat-shaming towards the end but otherwise just the existential dread you would expect from a book about the climate crisis.