Tools to Save Our Home Planet

A Changemaker's Guidebook

Nick Mucha, Patrick Thomas, Jessica Flint

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Patagonia Books
05 June 2025

Management & management techniques; Sales & marketing; Non-profitmaking organisations

A global guidebook for activism in the age of climate chaos and social injustice.

In 1994, Patagonia invited representatives from 75 grassroots nonprofit organisations to gather and learn from active experts how to be more effective at what they do. Through this ongoing conference as well as years of funding these organisations, Patagonia has helped thousands of activists make the changes they envision for the world.

In 2016, Patagonia publishedTools for Grassroots Activists,a compilation of presentations from the Tools conferences, accompanied by case studies and inspiring essays from environmental leaders.

The world since then has changed in profound ways, and this new edition reflects the world we now occupy.

Completely revised,Tools to Save Our Home Planet: A Changemaker's Guidebook,The lessons and examples it shares are as current, diverse, and global as the change makers working around the world.

At a high level, the book's structure echos an activist's journey. It begins with self-reflection, essays prompting readers to identify their purpose and clarify their cause. The focus shifts to the inner workings of an organisation or campaign

how to create a communications strategy,organise people, and fundraise

before taking an outward look at creating momentum through mobilising and events, using political tools, collaborating with other people and organisations, and taking legal action. The book culminates with a chapter all about movements: How combining purpose, effective organisations, and momentum can create a tidal wave that can change the world.

Ago-to resource for driving change, offering anyone who is passionate about environmental and social justice a timely and relevant resource to support their mission-aligned work, this book is intended for both those who are new to taking action and seasoned activists and community organisers who want to learn how others are finding success.

The hope is that, like its predecessor, it will become dog-eared and scribbled in

a reassuring and resourceful companion to the environmental and environmental justice movements.

Edited by: Nick Mucha, Patrick Thomas, Jessica Flint
Imprint: Patagonia Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781952338168
ISBN 10: 1952338166
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 05 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Mucha (he/him/his) is the Environmental Programs Manager at Patagonia. In this role, Nick leads Patagonia's efforts to build organisational capacity and effectiveness for Patagonia's nonprofit partners. His work is born out of a deep appreciation for the vitally important role that nonprofit organisations play in tackling our most vexing environmental, social, and economic issues. Nick has 15 years' experience leading conservation and community development programs throughout the world. His interest in this work was born while he and his wife served as Peace Corps volunteers in Honduras from 2004-2006. From that experience Nick founded his own organization supporting coastal communities that were grappling with booming surf tourism in southern Nicaragua. After running that organisation for 7 years, Nick served as Director of Programs for Save The Waves Coalition with a focus on protecting surf ecosystems worldwide. Nick holds a B.A.in political science from UC Santa Barbara. Outside of work, Nick is usually serving up dad jokes to his three kids or scheming to get in a quick surf, trail run, or weekend adventure off-grid. Patrick Thomas is a Minnesota-based marketing leader, editor, and consultant. Over 20 years of publishing work he's edited New York Times bestsellers, served as managing director of Milkweed Editions, ran the San Francisco Chronicle book review, and developed innovative branching narrative gaming scripts. He's been fortunate to work with numerous award-winning writers, scientists, adventurers, and poets, and believes in the powerful role stories have to play in saving the planet. Jessica Flint has worked as an editor at such publications as Vanity Fair, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Departures, and was a content strategist at Apple. She has written about mountain climbing in Africa for Outside, hiking with her father through Chilean Patagonia for Departures, and trends in sustainable travel for National Geographic, among other publications. She lives in Minnesota.

Reviews for Tools to Save Our Home Planet: A Changemaker's Guidebook

""Tools to Save Our Home Planet is an eco-activism guidebook that bursts with salient strategies for rising up and fighting the powers that threaten the natural world."" -- Foreword Magazine ""A wonderful place to start is the book Tools to Save Our Home Planet: A Changemaker’s Guidebook, which comes out in paperback on April 22. It includes contributions from 40+ inspirational folks who help both new advocates and seasoned activists clearly articulate their cause, shore up the internal logistics of their organizing efforts, and ultimately mobilize through policy, partnerships, legal avenues, and more."" --Food Tank