Starting from a common base to have real d iscussions about the environment\, this book discussion club is a great wa y to deepen ideas\, have respectful debates while listening to the points of view of others and broaden our understanding and vision on this importa nt topic. Together\, we may discover new forms of commitment and imagine n ew sustainable and desirable horizons.
\nThis month's selection is < em>We are eating the Earth: the race to fix our food system and save our c limate\, by Michael Grunwald. "Humanity has cleared a land mass the s ize of Asia plus Europe to grow food\, and our food system generates a thi rd of our carbon emissions. By 2050\, we're going to need a lot more calor ies to fill nearly 10 billion bellies\, but we can't feed the world withou t frying it if we keep tearing down an acre of rainforest every six second s. We are eating the earth\, and the greatest challenge facing our species will be to slow our relentless expansion of farmland into nature. Even if we quit fossil fuels\, we'll keep hurtling towards climate chaos if we do n't solve our food and land problems. In this rollicking\, shocking narrat ive\, Grunwald shows how the world\, after decades of ignoring the climate problem at the center of our plates\, has pivoted to making it worse\, em bracing solutions that sound sustainable but could make it even harder to grow more food with less land. But he also tells the stories of the dynami c scientists and entrepreneurs pursuing real solutions\, from a jungle-tou gh miracle crop called pongamia to genetically-edited cattle embryos\, fro m Impossible Whoppers to a non-polluting pesticide that uses the technolog y behind the COVID vaccines to constipate beetles to death. It's an often infuriating saga of lobbyists\, politicians\, and even the scientific esta blishment making terrible choices for humanity\, but it's also a hopeful a ccount of the people figuring out what needs to be done--and trying to do it. Michael Grunwald\, bestselling author of The Swamp and The New New Dea l\, builds his narrative around a brilliant\, relentless\, unforgettable f ood and land expert named Tim Searchinger. He chronicles Searchinger's uph ill battles against bad science and bad politics\, both driven by the over whelming influence of agricultural interests. And he illuminates a path th at could save our planetary home for ourselves and future generations--thr ough better policy\, technology\, and behavior\, as well as a new land eth ic recognizing that every acre matters" -- Provided by publisher.
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