""A powerful and practical guide to environmental activism featuring proven strategies and lessons learned from the winners of Earth Island Institute s Brower Youth Awards America s top honor for young green leaders.""
If you want to make a significant and sustainable impact on the health of our planet, this powerful and practical guide can help. Author and activist Sharon J. Smith shares proven strategies and lessons learned from the winners of Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards-America's top honor for young green leaders. Here are all the tools you need-from planning a campaign and recruiting supporters to raising money and attracting media attention-to turn your ideas into actions and make changes that matter.
All author proceeds from the sale of this book go to Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards to support the next generation of young activists.
By:
Sharon J. Smith
Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9781580085618
ISBN 10: 158008561X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 July 2011
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
vii Foreword by julia butterfly hill ix Acknowledgments x Contributors 1 Introduction: If You Want to Go Far, Go Together 5 01 FIND YOUR PASSION How to Join the Environmental Movement 15 02 CREATE AN ACTION PLAN Set Your Goals and Choose Your Tactics 33 03 BUILD A GREEN MOVEMENT Recruit People to Your Cause 51 04 SPREAD YOUR MESSAGE Communicate Your Passion 71 05 POLITICS How to Lobby Politicians, Pass Legislation, and Run for Office 94 06 CORPORATE CAMPAIGNS Use Your Consumer Power to Green Businesses 109 07 PROTEST WITH POWER How and When to Hold a Demonstration 125 08 MAKE MEDIA HEADLINES Use Traditional and New Media for Publicity 143 09 GROW THE GREEN How to Ask for (and Get!) Financial Support 167 10 GREEN YOUR CAMPUS Ideas to Create a More Sustainable School 194 11 CHANGE THE WORLD Define Your Future in the Green Movement 210 Index
Sharon J. Smith is an organizer and trainer in the environmental, global justice, peace, and human rights movements, and program advisor for Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Awards. She has worked with student networks to achieve landmark environmental victories in the logging and finance sectors and has trained thousands of youth in advocacy for social change. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Reviews for The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement and Changing the World: Plan a Campaign, Recruit Supporters, Lobby Politicians, Pass Legislation, Raise Money, Attract Media Attention
If you ever thought about wanting to change the world, but didn't know where to start, then buy this book. It's an inspiring and practical guide for young people who want to take the first steps toward finding real solutions for the planet. --Michael Brune, executive director, Sierra Club Organizers spend decades developing tools and learning systems that Sharon Smith puts at the fingertips of young activists within a weekend. --Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green for All I love this book. There's no time to wait--the world needs you now. Take these strategies and make them your own. --Adam Werbach, chief sustainability officer, Saatchi & Saatchi Every day I get hundreds of emails from Story of Stuff viewers, asking what they can do to make a difference in the world. Now I can simply tell them one thing: Read The Young Activist's Guide to Building a Green Movement + Changing the World. Really, everyone should read this book. --Annie Leonard, director, The Story of Stuff Project The Brower Youth Awards honor some of the best activists in America. Not just the best young activists--but the best activists, period. They have a lot to teach us in this book! --Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth and founder, 350.org
