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Description

If you have ever tried to save a local hospital, keep a neighborhood school open, or stop logging in a nearby forest, you will immediately recognize the benefits of this accessible handbook. Topics include:

• How to get your issue in the news
• How to organize
• How to lobby
• How to mount a successful campaign

A veteran environmental organizer and activist, Elizabeth May has put decades of experience and advice into this entertaining read. Sprinkled throughout are stories of her career in activism: from adventures in the Amazon with Sting and Gordon Lightfoot, to surprising stories of Canadian political figures including the late Dalton Camp and Prime Minister Paul Martin.

With How to Save the World In Your Spare Time Elizabeth May has given citizens everywhere the tools they need to protect their communities and the planet.

Features

• Theme: Canada, Citizen participation, Current Affairs & Issues, Environmental Conservation & Protection - General, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Environmental protection, Government - Local, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Political Advocacy, Political Science, Political Science / Government / Local, Political activism, Political activists, Politics/International Relations, Social action
• Date Published: March 16, 2007
• Publisher: Key Porter Books
• Author: Elizabeth May
• Pages: 144
• Edition: annotated edition
• Format: Paperback

Additional Information

• ASIN: 1552637816
• ISBN: 1552637816
• Item can be gift wrapped.

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