Individuals make a difference when they stand and start doing what they truly believe.
"For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever." For Henry David Thoreau (who wrote those words) there was no inconsequential acts, only consequential inaction.
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken is a book subtitled "How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty To The World." And Hawken acts on what he believes, writes about how "communities who believe that democracy and restoration are grassroots movements that connect us to values that we hold in common."
Published by Penguin Books, ideas contained inside the 342-page book can act as hinges on the doors to make change happen in your community.
The book's appendix starts on page 191 and ends on page 302, listing incredible resources, addresses, contacts, organizations that cover agriculture and farming to law, endocrine disruptors (chemical substances that interfere with hormone function),and range to sustainable cities, food, energy and health. For an Authors@Google video talk, see this link.
Groundwater to tax credits, business and work - the common denominator to the database are the people involved all are dedicated to better life quality, doing the right thing, sustainable living (read common sense) and taking care of the earth and each other.
Read it, buy it, consult it. And check out Paul Hawken's www.wiserearth.org site for more news and links to communities around the world.
Hawken founded his first business in 1966, the country’s first natural foods company. Then he founded Smith & Hawken.Now he serves as executive director of The Natural Capital Institute and is author of six best-selling books (including Growing A Business). He is CEO of PaxIT, an engineering and intellectual property licensing company granted exclusive global rights to cooling technologies developed by PAX Scientific, Inc.
