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About the Book

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by geologist Hope Jahren, is Northwestern's One Book selection for the 2021-22 school year. The latest by the bestselling author of "Lab Girl," the book is an exploration of the consequences of population growth — from 3800 years ago in Mesopotamia when the population was approximately 100 million to the present day — and human habits of consumption on the planet and the actions that we all can take to fight back.