*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book
Award*From a former New York Times science writer this urgent call to action—updated for
paperback with a new preface and afterword—will empower you to stand up to climate change and
environmental pollution by making simple but impactful everyday choices.With urgency and wit
Tatiana Schlossberg explains that far from being only a distant problem of the natural world
created by the fossil fuel industry climate change is all around us all the time lurking
everywhere in our convenience-driven society all without our realizing it.By examining the
unseen and unconscious environmental impacts in four areas-the Internet and technology food
fashion and fuel - Schlossberg helps readers better understand why climate change is such a
complicated issue and how it connects all of us: How streaming a movie on Netflix in New York
burns coal in Virginia how eating a hamburger in California might contribute to pollution in
the Gulf of Mexico how buying an inexpensive cashmere sweater in Chicago expands the Mongolian
desert how destroying forests from North Carolina is necessary to generate electricity in
England.Cataloging the complexities and frustrations of our carbon-intensive society with a dry
sense of humor Schlossberg makes the climate crisis and its solutions interesting and relevant
to everyone who cares even a little about the planet. She empowers readers to think about
their stuff and the environment in a new way helping them make more informed choices when it
comes to the future of our world.Most importantly this is a book about the power we have as
voters and consumers to make sure that the fight against climate change includes all of us and
all of our stuff not just industry groups and politicians. If we have any hope of solving the
problem we all have to do it together.A compelling-and illuminating-look at how our daily
habits impact the environment.—Vanity FairIf you're looking for something to cling to in what
often feels like a hopeless conversation Schlossberg's darkly humorous knowledge-is-power
eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing.—VogueShows how even the smallest decisions can
have profound environmental consequences.--The New York Times
