false 89998 8 <B>One of the world's most influential environmentalists reveals a worldwide grassroots movement of hope and humanity</B> <BR><BR> <I>Blessed Unrest</I> tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person causes, these organizations collectively comprise the largest movement on earth. This is a movement that has no name, leader, or location, but is in every city, town, and culture. It is organizing from the bottom up and is emerging as an extraordinary and creative expression of people's needs worldwide. <BR><BR> <I>Blessed Unrest</I> explores the diversity of this movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and centuries-old history. The culmination of Hawken's many years of leadership in these fields, it will inspire, surprise, and delight anyone who is worried about the direction the modern world is headed. <I>Blessed Unrest</I> is a description of humanity's collective genius and the unstoppable movement to re-imagine our relationship to the environment and one another. Like Hawken's previous books, <I>Blessed Unrest</I> will become a classic in its field&#151; a touchstone for anyone concerned about our future. 2287091 10 5 2007 Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming total:355|5:116|4:132|3:74|2:28|1:5| 355 1391 938 97 5 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 17 07:31:46 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 07:31:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 23:09:13 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 00:31:12 -0800 2008 blessed unrest, hawken succinctly remarks, "in total, the book is inadvertently optimistic, an odd thing i...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 11:28:45 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 11:30:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 28 19:37:02 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 09:09:16 -0700 2008 Natural Capitalism (one of my very favorites). But man, it was hard to get through. Overly emotional and too historical. The bits about the civil rights movement were interesting though. Anway, I was about ha...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 12 13:08:37 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 11:48:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:38:37 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 09:58:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 02 23:07:45 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 23:13:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 12 21:22:29 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 21:25:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 12:35:05 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 13:19:53 -0800 2008
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Yes. At the same time, we find out that we’re not stra...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 22 19:20:21 -0700 2008 Mon May 18 11:34:15 -0700 2009 Natural Capitalism instead. Blessed Unrest attempts to describe and create a taxonomy for the wide array of NGO's attempting ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 04 18:36:10 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 18:41:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 07 22:14:57 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 22:18:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 10:59:50 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 10:49:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 07:21:54 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 07:21:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 18 18:54:24 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 13:35:42 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 18:54:24 -0700 2008
It's a very short book -- 190 pages of text plus an addition 130 or so of contextual material, references and index -- and the first third or more was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 19:08:22 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 19:49:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 12 07:57:10 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 07:57:10 -0800 2009
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