{"product_id":"9780865718753","title":"Changemakers: Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It's all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHope and action is the antidote. We each hold the power to make personal changes that can drive local changes and cascade into large-scale social transformation. This is the guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society \u003cem\u003enow.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first section explores the idea of transformative change – what it is, what difference it makes, and how it is connected to learning. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom creating a citizen-powered community bus service, to winning the right to local food, to women hand-sculpting their own houses, the second section explores powerful stories of everyday people who have challenged traditional understandings and transformed their lives, their communities, and wider society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the final section, the authors provide a workbook to guide people, wherever they are, through the process of catalyzing change\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe all have the power to create a more just and ecological society. We all have the power to be changemakers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFay Weller\u003c\/strong\u003e is a community organizer, homesteader, researcher, and artist with a PhD. focused on social transformation. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC, with two sheep and numerous chickens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Wilson \u003c\/strong\u003eis a facilitator, researcher, instructional designer, and activist with a Ph.D. in education. She and her partner live on Gabriola Island, BC where they are restoring a home, developing a permaculture food forest, and building an engineless catamaran. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032947114224,"sku":"9780865718753","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865718753_p0.jpg?v=1763825851","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865718753","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}