New recommended reading: Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century

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Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future.

The Worldchanging book contains over 600 pages, covering a vast range of topics, including green design, sustainable food, clothing, trade, technology, green building and landscaping, clean energy, water, disaster relief, sustainable communities, transportation, education, public health, social entrepreneurship, politics, new media, human rights and more.

“To build that future, we need a generation of everyday heroes, people who – whatever their walks of life – have the courage to think in fresh ways and to act to meet this planetary crisis head-on. This book belongs in the library of every person who aspires to be part of that generation.” – Al Gore

“The Whole Earth Catalog retooled for the iPod generation … [Their book] is a compendium of everything a younger generation of environmental activists has to offer: creativity, digital dexterity, networking ability, an Internet-era optimism about the future, and a deep concern about not only green issues but related questions of human rights, poverty, and social justice.” – Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books

“Reads like a smart, hip mini-encyclopedia of what’s new and what’s next in green technologies and earth-conscious ideas.” – Business Week

“Read it: it may change your life.” – Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker Writer

“The seminal resource guide for anyone concerned about today and the future.” – Laurie David, Global Warming Activist

“Worldchanging might well be the most complete, compelling articulation of the possible look and feel and actual operation of a sustainable society ever written.” – Denis Hayes, Earth Day Founder

From consumer consciousness to a new vision for industry; non-toxic homes to refugee shelters; microfinance to effective philanthropy; socially responsible investing to starting a green business; citizen media to human rights; ecological economics to climate change, this is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge overview to date of what’s possible in the near future — if we decide to make it so.

You can purchase the book directly from the “Recommended Reading” section on this page, or by visiting a local bookstore.

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