The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here

In The Story of More Hope Jahren delivers a highly accessible –and surprisingly intimate –climate change narrative that encompasses a history of human population, innovation, consumption, and …herself. She brings mind-boggling statistics about world population, agricultural advancements, energy consumption, and climate change into the perspective of her own lifetime (which makes them even more astonishing) all while weaving in personal anecdotes that make for a memoir-like read. As a one who dwells within Earth’s overpopulation and indulges in what is probably more than their fair share of resource consumption I found myself kindly welcomed into Jahren’s smooth use of convicting statistics and her own life.I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a introductory run down of climate change and its history, or for any climate change know-it-alls looking for a bit of hope and comradery. As a person who has spent the last four years of my life studying environmental science and management –which may as well be called climate change: the study of pessimistic hope –this book left both convicted and optimistic. As Jahren kindly encouraged “having hope requires courage.”