Rob Hopkins

The Power of Just Doing Stuff (eBook, ePUB)

How local action can change the world

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Something is stirring. People around the world are deciding that the well-being of their community and its economy lies with them.

They're people like you. They've had enough, and, rather than waiting for permission, they're rolling up their sleeves, getting together with friends and neighbours, and doing something about it. Whether they start small or big, they're finding that just doing stuff can transform their neighbourhoods and their lives.

The Power of Just Doing Stuff argues that this shift represents the seeds of a new economy - the answer to our desperate search for a new way forward - and at its heart is people deciding that change starts with them. Communities worldwide are already modelling a more local economy rooted in place, in well-being, in entrepreneurship, and in creativity. And it works.

Packed with inspiring real-life examples of how to change things, this book ties in with the increasing focus on community action during tough economic times. This brilliant book is ideal for schools, community groups and campaigners as well as the general public and Transition groups.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857841193
• Artikelnr.: 39482424

Autorenporträt

Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. His achievements include setting up a permaculture course at Kinsale Further Education College, and coordinating the first eco-village development in Ireland to be granted planning permission. He is author of The Transition Handbook and The Transition Companion, among other publications.

Rob is the winner of the 2008 Schumacher Award, is an Ashoka Fellow and a Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. He previously served as a Soil Association Trustee, and was named by the Independent as one of the UK's top 100 environmentalists. Rob is the winner of the 2009 Observer Ethical Award in the Grassroots Campaigner category, and was voted the Energy Saving Trust / Guardian's 'Green Community Hero'. He has completed a PhD on Transition and Resilience at Plymouth University.