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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren
4.0
Why you should read this: You will walk away well-informed about how the population has changed since 1970, the way our food production has increased and changed since 1970, how we create energy and how we use it including the increase in the use of fossil fuels, the percentage of renewable energy currently being utilized, and trends in transportation, and finally, you will learn about the Earth's altered air patterns, warming weather, ice and ocean trends, and the outlook for 25% of our world's species. Overall, a great general overview that presents these topics in a factual but conversational tone that helps the reader understand the WHAT and the WHY of climate change.
This is an extremely relatable and easy to read general overview of the many reasons that our Earth is experiencing climate change. It's a multi-faceted topic, that Hope Jahren does a better than good job of portraying, in stories that everyone can understand (without dumbing things down).
I personally have a strong background in science. I've got a BS in Biology, an MS in Nutrition and an MA in Zoology. You could say that I clearly am interested in topics that this book covers and have read a lot about some of them. Even so, I was born around the same time as Ms. Jahren, and the way she presented the changes in the US since we were born gave me a different perspective to think about. I knew, but hadn't really thought about the fact that the population has doubled from 3.5 to over 7 Billion people since I was born. There is a reason why nature doesn't look the way it used to!! Over and over again The Story of More changes your perspective to realize WHY things are different on our Earth without casting blame or taking sides. It's refreshing. She gives us hope that our collective population can work together to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce the CO2 in the air.
The world needs to pay attention, don't get me wrong. Jahren is very clear about this, and has some suggestions for individual and collective action.
Overall, The Story of More definitely deserves its spot on the Goodreads top non-fiction science books of the year. Would make excellent material for middle-school or high-school science discussion, as well as adult book clubs, climate-action groups and well, everyone!
This is an extremely relatable and easy to read general overview of the many reasons that our Earth is experiencing climate change. It's a multi-faceted topic, that Hope Jahren does a better than good job of portraying, in stories that everyone can understand (without dumbing things down).
I personally have a strong background in science. I've got a BS in Biology, an MS in Nutrition and an MA in Zoology. You could say that I clearly am interested in topics that this book covers and have read a lot about some of them. Even so, I was born around the same time as Ms. Jahren, and the way she presented the changes in the US since we were born gave me a different perspective to think about. I knew, but hadn't really thought about the fact that the population has doubled from 3.5 to over 7 Billion people since I was born. There is a reason why nature doesn't look the way it used to!! Over and over again The Story of More changes your perspective to realize WHY things are different on our Earth without casting blame or taking sides. It's refreshing. She gives us hope that our collective population can work together to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and reduce the CO2 in the air.
The world needs to pay attention, don't get me wrong. Jahren is very clear about this, and has some suggestions for individual and collective action.
Overall, The Story of More definitely deserves its spot on the Goodreads top non-fiction science books of the year. Would make excellent material for middle-school or high-school science discussion, as well as adult book clubs, climate-action groups and well, everyone!