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How to Save the World in Your Spare Time

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Manufacturer: Key Porter Books

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.20971
EAN: 9781552637814
ISBN: 1552637816
Label: Key Porter Books
Manufacturer: Key Porter Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2007-03-16
Publisher: Key Porter Books
Studio: Key Porter Books

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If you have ever tried to save a local hospital, keep a neighborhood school open, or stop logging in a nearby forest, you will immediately recognize the benefits of this accessible handbook. Topics include:

• How to get your issue in the news
• How to organize
• How to lobby
• How to mount a successful campaign

A veteran environmental organizer and activist, Elizabeth May has put decades of experience and advice into this entertaining read. Sprinkled throughout are stories of her career in activism: from adventures in the Amazon with Sting and Gordon Lightfoot, to surprising stories of Canadian political figures including the late Dalton Camp and Prime Minister Paul Martin.

With How to Save the World In Your Spare Time Elizabeth May has given citizens everywhere the tools they need to protect their communities and the planet.

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Summary: Learning responsible citizenship.
Comment: This is a great book for people who are seeking practical suggestions to break out of the sense of futility that corporate media agents have created for us. If we had our priorities straight, Elizabeth May would be known and applauded in the same way Canadians like Wayne Gretzky are.
Sadly, PR efforts funded by Big Business marginalize the issues that May has been wrestling with for years PR! - A Social History of Spin. She is currently the head of the Green Party of Canada, and her years of dedication to the ecosystems we (and non-human species) depend upon, have led to this entertaining and informative guide to contributing to the well-being of the world that we're creating for future generations.
As the title implies, one doesn't have to dedicate every moment of their lives to accomplish some good. But it does take some effort, and the advice from people like May can make our efforts much more effective.
May also co-authored Global Warming For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)).

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The 11th Hour
Refugees of the Blue Planet
Everything's Cool
National Geographic: Six Degrees Could Change the World
Sustainable Industries
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beau
Plenty Magazine

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