We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

Jonathan Safran Foer

Sep 2019 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Jonathan Safran Foer

About this audiobook

This program is read by the author.

In We Are the Weather, Jonathan Safran Foer explores the central global dilemma of our time in a surprising, deeply personal, and urgent new way.

Some people reject the fact, overwhelmingly supported by scientists, that our planet is warming because of human activity. But do those of us who accept the reality of human-caused climate change truly believe it? If we did, surely we would be roused to act on what we know. Will future generations distinguish between those who didn’t believe in the science of global warming and those who said they accepted the science but failed to change their lives in response?

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. We have, he reveals, turned our planet into a farm for growing animal products, and the consequences are catastrophic. Only collective action will save our home and way of life. And it all starts with what we eat—and don’t eat—for breakfast.

Ratings and reviews

This book is our university's common read. I don't think I would've ever read this book had it not been assigned to us for one of my classes. This book has opened my eyes to things that are going on in the world around me and in my own life. I highly recommend everyone that they take the time out of their day to read this book, it will change you in ways you never thought were possible. I prefer listening to the book being read. This certainly helped me get a better grasp on the Foer's concepts.

This book literally changed my perspective. My absolute favorite climate book and the author's narration makes it so much more powerful!

About the author

Jonathan Safran Foer is the author of the novels Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and Here I Am, and of the nonfiction book Eating Animals. His work has received numerous awards and has been translated into thirty-six languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.