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Blessed Unrest

Paul Hawken

2007200 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2007
first published
  • 2008Penguin Group USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781429532594
  • 2008Penguin (Non-Classics) · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780143113652
  • 2007Viking · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780670038527
  • 2007Blackstone Audio Inc. · ENGISBN 9781433203237
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Blessed Unrest tells the story of a worldwide movement that is largely unseen by politicians or the media. Hawken, an environmentalist and author, has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person causes, these organizations collectively comprise the largest movement on earth. This is a movement that has no name, leader, or location, but is in every city, town, and culture. It is organizing from the bottom up and is emerging as an extraordinary and creative expression of people’s needs worldwide. Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of this movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and centuries-old history. The culmination of Hawken’s many years of leadership in these fields, it will inspire, surprise, and delight anyone who is worried about the direction the modern world is headed. Blessed Unrest is a description of humanity’s collective genius and the unstoppable movement to re-imagine our relationship to the environment and one another. Like Hawken’s previous books, Blessed Unrest will become a classic in its field— a touchstone for anyone concerned about our future.

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