Worldchanging

Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century
Edited by Alex Steffen
Abrams, 596 pp. $37.50

In the wake of a freshly Democratic wind blowing through American party politics, the inspired optimism of a massive how-to handbook titled Worldchanging: A User’s Guide for the 21st Century should garner a national audience well beyond any stereotypical tree-hugger fringe demographic. In fact, this year’s media foregrounding of Al Gore as the “acceptable face” of aggressive ecological reform in this country is an index of just how much the reach (and grasp!) of eco-warriorship has expanded (alongside the Internet) in the past 10 years. Continue reading “Worldchanging”