The Story of More
Hope Jahren, the author of Lab Girl, turns from memoir to a brisk explanation of the climate crisis. In short chapters she walks through the math of more: more food, more meat, more fuel, more flights, more plastic, since 1969, the year of her birth. The data is grim, but Jahren writes with patience and a teacher's instinct for the right comparison. She does not lecture. She shows how the curves bend and where the levers are. The final section turns to practical responses, distinguishing what individuals can do from what only collective action can change. At under two hundred pages, the book is designed to be handed to a friend or a classroom. It is one of the most readable short introductions to climate change in print.
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The Story of More was written by Hope Jahren.
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