Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change
Paul Hawken has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes, these groups collectively comprise the largest movement on earth, a movement that has no name, leader, or location and that has gone largely ignored by politicians and the media.
Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of the movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and centuries of hidden history. A culmination of Hawken’s many years of leadership in the environmental and social justice fields, it will inspire all who despair of the world’s fate, and its conclusions will surprise even those within the movement itself.
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“A very informative read on the history and current state of environmental and social movements/organizations. I read with a laptop, typing up quotes and quotes of quotes (one of my fav.s: “One of the beauties of biology is that its facts become our metaphors.” -Kenny Ausubel) and writing down vocab. I studied this book because some of the facts and stories felt too important not to. For example, the fact that the World Bank only gives loans to developing countries IF they agree to privatize their water. This is shocking, appalling, and important to know. Though I enjoyed this book, it did take me quite awhile to read and process and type up. But it’s worth the effort. Also, the overall positivity of this book helps goad you through the more terrible facts and stories. Bad, unbelievable shit is happening all the time, but there are MANY people, more than you’d think, doing something about it.”
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Nicola (4 out of 5 stars)
