I so appreciate the Sourcebook. I'm proud of you for your commitment and your tenacity. It's a work of art, love, and wisdom.
—John Robbins, bestselling author of Diet for a New America
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!! Everybody I know needs this book--thank you so much for co-creating this beautiful epistle! And thank you from all of the little creatures, plants, spores, caterpillars, and all children of all beings, from all of those who have no voices.
-”Dr. Steve English, Charlotte, NC
Comprehensive, concise, and clear, the Sustainable World Sourcebook is essential reading for anyone concerned about the fate of humanity. With practical examples of steps we can each take towards a more sustainable lifestyle, this book is not only informative but personally empowering.
-”Peter Russell, author The Global Brain and Waking up In Time
We're challenged at this critical moment in history to change our thoughts and behavior in significant ways. What we don't know sometimes is exactly what to do and how to do it. That's why I love The Sustainable World Sourcebook: it tells us everything we need to know to create a healthier, more just and more peaceful world. It's a guidebook for going from unaware consumer to passionate world citizen.
-”Marianne Williamson, bestselling author and international speaker
A box of the Sourcebooks just arrived today..and it is just beautiful!! I really like how you all wove the numerous articles written by various people together...to create a greater synthesis...rather than individual names by individual articles. Really and truly Grand work!!!
—Jim Embry, Director, Sustain Lex — Sustainable Communities Network
This very helpful manual is full of useful ideas and policies that our engaged citizens can use for their action. It helps in terms of what we need to know and how we can make a difference.
—Charles McGlashan, Former Supervisor, County of Marin, CA
This incredibly practical and graphically useful Sourcebook conveys much of what is called for in these extraordinary times. It is chock full of the critical information necessary to save our planetary life-support system and create decent human communities. The Sourcebook helps each of us take effective action.
-”Randy Hayes, Founder, Rainforest Action Network
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The Sourcebook Learning & Engagement Guide
Translating Inspiration Into Action
The 2011 International Book Award-winning Sustainable World Sourcebook is a rich compendium of information designed to awaken and inspire you.
The new companion Learning & Engagement Guide provides an interactive curriculum for use with the Sourcebook, and makes its rich content come alive in your life.
The Learning & Engagement Guide – intended for a study circle, class, or practice community – connects your daily life choices with your impact on the world. Its questions for contemplation, themes for discussion, videos to watch, experiential activities and community action ideas provide diverse and inspiring ways to engage. Get inspired, explore issues and create community as you take action for planetary change.
For maximum impact, gather a group of friends or colleagues into an Engagement Circle to support each other’s commitments – using the Learning & Engagement Guide as curriculum. To request a copy of the free Engagement Circles Facilitator Guide, click here!
Why Use the Learning & Engagement Guide?
Shifting to a sustainable lifestyle may feel daunting on your own. Joining with others makes it fun and synergistic—and supports commitment and follow through. Engaging in the Learning & Engagement Guide's experiential activities with a group of friends - especially in the context of an Engagement Circle – can catapult you into action and help you appreciate the gift of being alive at this time of unprecedented challenge and opportunity.
Co-creating a sustainable, fulfilling, and just world is possible, but it will take daily application of tools and principles of sustainability such as those presented in the Sourcebook, working both individually and collectively.
Who Is the Learning & Engagement Guide For?
- Students (late high school and up) in or out of the classroom
- Study, discussion and service groups
- Activists, spiritual seekers, and change agents
- Newcomers to these topics as well as veterans
Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet is the underlying mission of both the Sourcebook and the Learning & Engagement Guide.
The Sustainable World Sourcebook
The New Essential Guidebook for the Concerned Citizen
Publisher Vinit Allen on the Sourcebook
The 2011 International Book Award-winning Sustainable World Sourcebook is a “one-stop shop” to get readers up to speed quickly on the most essential information needed to alter our perilous global trajectory of resource depletion, species extinction, and extreme societal inequities.
The Sourcebook provides a sweeping overview of:
- the major global issues we face
- how they’re interrelated
- the most promising solutions
- actions each of us can take to make a meaningful contribution
The Sourcebook is concise, compelling and colorful, in an accessible magazine-style layout. It features an introduction by the brilliant Paul Hawken, as well as a resource directory of over 500 organizations dedicated to healing our planet.
Lynne Twist on the Sourcebook
The Sourcebook has a new companion guide: the Learning & Engagement Guide, designed for groups to deepen their understanding and get into action around the insights in the Sourcebook.
A year and a half in the making, the Sustainable World Sourcebook is the result of the coordinated work of 13 researchers, 8 writers and 4 editors. Thousands of pages of information from authoritative sources have been synthesized down to 100 pages of the essentials on the critical challenges that humanity faces.
Included are lots of “What You Can Do” tips and pointers for specific action steps and personal engagement. And it's packed with successful models and inspiring examples.
Value in Many Contexts
The Sustainable World Sourcebook offers unique value in a wide variety of contexts. Click on any of the following to discover how the Sourcebook can benefit:
This richly illustrated, beautifully designed, full-color manual addresses:
- Environmental issues and their impacts, along with a prescription for rapid, large-scale change
- Energy resources, peak oil, conservation and emerging technologies
- The global financial crisis, economic transition, green jobs and sustainable business
- Poverty, health, education, food security, and social justice
- Local, sustainable communities and engaged citizens
- Green lifestyle choices.