Paperback. 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 recognise the benefits of this accessible handbook. Topics include: How to get your issue in the news; How to organise; How to lobby; How to mount a successful campaign.A veteran environmental organiser 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. 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 recognise the benefits of this accessible handbook. Topics include: How to get your issue in the news; How to organise; How to lobby; How to mount a successful campaign. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: How to Save the World in Your Spare Time (Paperback)
Publisher: Key Porter Books Ltd, Toronto
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1552637816
ISBN 13: 9781552637814
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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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.

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ELIZABETH MAY is Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada. She has devoted her life to the environment, serving as Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of the Environment. She is the author of Paradise Won, which chronicles the efforts to save the remote forests of South Moresby in the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Budworm Battles, about the battle to keep pesticides out of Cape Breton’s forests. She is currently writing a book on how to become an activist. Elizabeth May lives in Ottawa with her daughter.

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