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If you've ever wondered "is my activism actually accomplishing anything?" this is the book for you. When you feel like you're only shouting into the wind, when you're tempted to listen to friends who say nothing will ever change, Paul Rogat Loeb has the antidote. The book seamlessly weaves inspiring examples of unexpected everyday heroes, ordinary people who have achieved successful activism and made a difference in their communities, with lessons for each of us in our daily strivings to make the world better. Environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben said, “Soul of a Citizen has been a powerful inspiration to citizens acting for environmental sanity, showing how they can take committed stands, even if they don’t know every last answer. The new edition is even more inspirational.” And Jonathan Kozol raves, “I stayed up half the night reading Soul of a Citizen, finding it a beautiful and morally transcendent work. Paul Loeb is a personal hero of mine who gives decency and generosity a political character, in the humblest of ways. The new edition is magnificent.”

"Why are we as societies creating a world that we as individuals abhor?"That's the question tackled by legendary author Frances Moore Lappé in her new book, "Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want." Not only does she answer the question of why our political system seems incompetent to solve obvious and pressing problems, she shows a way for individuals and communities to take charge of public life and "have every choice we make be a celebration of the world we want."The author knows something about changing the world, too -- her 3 million copy classic "Diet for a Small Planet" essentially created the vegetarian movement in America.But Lappé's message was always more about the politics part of food politics. That's where her daughter, Anna Lappé, picks up the conversation in her new book, "Diet for a Hot Planet." The younger Lappé traces how our tangled web of global food -- pork chops raised in Poland, with feed from Brazil, shipped to South Korea -- contributes as much as one-third of the global warming effect.And like her mother, Anna shows the way that personal choices can change that system, with principles for a climate-friendly diet and success stories from sustainable food advocates around the globe.Both books and both authors have the same message: we are responsible for the world we create, and that's something to be hopeful about.As the Lappé's say: "Democracy is not what we have, it is what we do."

Bill McKibben, a well known environmental author and activist, is the founder of 350.org, an international climate change campaign. 350.org is named for the safe level of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere, 350 parts per million. In October, the International Day of Climate Action coordinated by Bill and 350.org was called the largest day of political action on any issue in history.Bill's been leading the fight against global warming for 20 years, since he wrote the first book for a general audience on the subject, The End of Nature in 1989. Taking on the climate crisis is going to take more than a few good books, it's going to take a movement - and Bill is at the middle of building it. Get the Book for FREE at the Progressive Book Club:

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Talk to Michael Lux about his recent release, The Progressive Revolution; How the best in America Came to Be. Get the Book for FREE at the Progressive Book Club: http://www.progressivebookclub.com/pbc2/viewBook.pbc?id=1102&srcKey=21E62e