A practical guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now-by a community organizer and expert in transformative change.
With so many crises in the news, it's easy to feel helpless about the fate of the world. But if we embrace hope and take action, we have the power to make a positive change. Personal actions can drive local movements that cascade into large-scale social transformation. In Changemakers, activist and community organizer Fay Weller his is the guidebook for ordinary people who want to create a new society now.
Weller explores the concept of transformative change, the difference it makes in the world, and how it is connected to learning. From creating a citizen-powered community bus service, to winning the right to local food, to women hand-sculpting their own houses, she shares powerful stories of everyday people who have challenged the status quo and transformed their lives, their communities, and society overall.
Changemakers also provides a workbook to guide people, wherever they are, through the process of catalyzing change.
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Fay Weller is a community organizer, homesteader, researcher, and artist. She has focused on broad systemic change in her work and activism, and holds a PhD focused on social transformation. She and her partner Bob live on their Gabriola Island, BC farm with Yu and Mi, their two sheep, and numerous chickens.
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Preface
SECTION A: CHANGEMAKING
1. A Tale of Egg and Agency
2. Transformation
3. Learning Change
4. The How of Change
SECTION B: STORIES AND REFLECTIONS
5. Sowing the Seeds of Change
Thinking about Food Systems
Changemakers' Food Stories
6. Walls and Roofs
Thinking about Shelter
Changemakers' Shelter Stories
7. Moving Forward
Thinking about Transportation
Changemakers' Transportation Stories
8. There is No Away
Thinking about Waste
Changemakers' Waste Stories
9. People Power
Thinking about Energy
Changemakers' Energy Stories
10. Cooperative Economics
Thinking about Economics
Changemakers' Economic Stories
11. From Analysis to Activism
SECTION C: CHANGEMAKERS' MANUAL
Introduction
Session 1: Transformative Spaces
Session 2: Learning Change
Session 3: The Genesis of Ideas
Session 4: From Spark to Action
Session 5: Cross Purposes and Spirals
Session 6: Linking with other Changemakers
Session 7: Societal Change
Facilitation Techniques
References
Index
About the Authors
About New Society Publishers