Overview
YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder sends dispatches from an eighteen-state journey across America, describing how people abandoned by big national institutions are developing creative community-based solutions to environmental and social problems. YES! Magazine cofounder Sarah van Gelder was worried about the current state of American society. Environmental destruction, growing poverty, urban decay, rural decline-it's a long list. Can we turn this around, she wondered? Are there answers we haven't found yet? She confided her fears to a friend, who said to her, ""If the universe could deploy the one small person that is you, what would it have you do?"" Her answer surprised them both: ""I'd go out traveling and see for myself."" So driving a twelve-year-old Toyota pickup truck with a tiny camper hand-painted by a Suquamish artist, van Gelder visited eighteen states and five Indian reservations, big cities and small towns. She wanted to meet people at the margins of society who were the least embedded in the big institutions that reward status quo thinking. She came away believing that a profound change is sweeping the country. She went to all kinds of places and met all kinds of people who were dealing with very different problems, but what united them all was best summed up by a phrase she saw on a mural in Newark: ""We the People LOVE This Place."" Through the connection we each have to place-our physical and ecological place and also the human community-we are creating a new America.
Full Product Details
Author: Sarah Van Gelder ,
Natalie Hoyt ,
Natalie Hoyt ,
Danny Glover
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Imprint: Ascent Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798228713024
Publication Date: 09 January 2017
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Sarah van Gelder is cofounder and editor-at-large of the award-winning YES! Magazine. She explores the leading edge of change, writing and speaking internationally on a wide range of topics. Danny Glover, award-winning actor, producer, and humanitarian has been a commanding presence on screen, stage, and television for more than twenty-five years. He is the 2022 recipient of the special Academy Award: the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work with UNICEF. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 100 feature films, including The Color Purple'(1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Dreamgirls (2006), and Sorry to Bother You (2018), as well as his best-known role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the four-film Lethal Weapon series (1987-1998). He has also produced dozens of narrative and documentary films. As a crusader for global justice, he has used his influence to inspire others to take action against economic and social inequality. Danny Glover, award-winning actor, producer, and humanitarian has been a commanding presence on screen, stage, and television for more than twenty-five years. He is the 2022 recipient of the special Academy Award: the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for his work with UNICEF. As an actor, he has appeared in more than 100 feature films, including The Color Purple'(1985), To Sleep with Anger (1990), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Dreamgirls (2006), and Sorry to Bother You (2018), as well as his best-known role as Detective Roger Murtaugh in the four-film Lethal Weapon series (1987-1998). He has also produced dozens of narrative and documentary films. As a crusader for global justice, he has used his influence to inspire others to take action against economic and social inequality.
