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Worldchanging

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Type: Media Organization
 
We Speak: English
 
Website: www.worldchanging.com
 
RSS Feed URL: http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldchanging_fulltext
 
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Contact Name: Alex Steffen, editor
 
Contact Email: alex [at] worldchanging.com
 
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Headquarters: 1517 12th Ave.
Seattle, Washington 98122
United States
 
Local Time: Sat Jul 4 20:42:40
 

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 WorldChanging.com works from a simple premise: that the tools, models and ideas for building a better future lie all around us. That plenty of people are working on tools for change, but the fields in which they work remain unconnected. That the motive, means and opportunity for profound positive change are already present. That another world is not just possible, it's here. We only need to put the pieces together.

Informed by that premise, we do our best to bring you links to (and analysis of) those tools, models and ideas in a timely and concise manner. We don't do negative reviews – why waste your time with what doesn't work? We don't offer critiques or exposes, except to the extent that such information may be necessary for the general reader to apprehend the usefulness of a particular tool or resource. We don't generally offer links to resources which are about problems and not solutions, unless the resource is so insightful that its very existence is a step towards a solution. We pay special attention to tools, ideas and models that may have been overlooked in the mass media. We make a point of showing ways in which seemingly unconnected resources link together to form a toolkit for changing the world.

Every link we post is informed by technology, but the new possibilities we cover aren't just high-tech. Sure, we all need to understand the uses (and dangers) of advances like biotechnology, the Internet, ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligences, "open source" software and nano-materials. But we also need to know how best to collaborate, how to build coalitions and movements, how to grow communities, how to make our businesses live up to their highest potential and how to make the promise of democracy into a reality. We need to understand techniques as well as technologies, ideas as well as innovations. How we work together is as important as the tools we use.

This is a conversation, not a sermon. We encourage not just feedback, but active participation, and, yes, challenge. Got a great idea for a resource we've missed? Let us know – better yet, write your own recommendation and send it to us. Think we're off-base with a recommendation we've made? Let us know that, too, and what resource you think we should have covered instead. Changing the world is a team sport.
"The most important web site on the planet." ( Bruce Sterling)


Worldchanging Team

With over thirty writers around the world, we're a busy crew. Read our bios and find out more about what we're up to.

Executive Editor
Alex Steffen (Seattle)

Interim Managing Editor
Emily Gertz (New York City)

Interim Director
Chanel Reynolds (Seattle)

Columnists
Adrian Muller
Cody Taylor (San Francisco)
Emily Leslie (San Francisco)
Erica Barnett (Seattle)
Mara Hvistendahl (Shanghai)
Mindy Lubber (Boston)
Tomakin Archambault (Palo Alto)
Uleshka (London)

Contributors
Alan AtKisson (Stockholm)
Dawn Danby (Toronto)
Jeremy Faludi (Seattle)
Gil Friend (Berkeley)
Emily Gertz (New York City)
Jonathan Greenblatt (Los Angeles)
Robert Katz (Washington, DC)
Micki Krimmel (Los Angeles)
Katie Kurtz (San Francisco)
Jon Lebkowsky (Austin)
Hana Loftus (London)
Joel Makower (Oakland)
Hassan Masum (Toronto)
Mike Millikin (Mill Valley, N. California)
Chad Monfreda (Madison, WI)
Ted Rose (Boulder)
Cameron Sinclair (Global Nomad)
David Zaks (Madison, WI)

Correspondents
Nicole-Anne Boyer (Paris)
Chris Coldewey (Mumbai)
Régine Debatty (Turin)
Josh Ellis (Las Vegas)
Zaid Hassan (London)
David Hsu (Seattle)
Brandon Keim (Brooklyn, NY)
Geoff Manaugh (San Francisco)
Dina Mehta (Mumbai)
Leif Utne (Seattle)
Seth Zuckerman (Seattle, WA)

Co-founders
Alex Steffen and Jamais Cascio


Worldchanging Book
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Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century
is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, properous future.

From consumer consciousness to a new vision for industry; non-toxic homes to refugee shelters; microfinance to effective philanthropy; socially responsible investing to starting a green business; citizen media to human rights; ecological economics to climate change, this is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge overview to date of what's possible in the near future -- if we decide to make it so.
(For more details, click here)

What People Are Saying


"To build that future, we need a generation of everyday heroes, people who – whatever their walks of life – have the courage to think in fresh ways and to act to meet this planetary crisis head-on. This book belongs in the library of every person who aspires to be part of that generation."
– Al Gore

"The Whole Earth Catalog retooled for the iPod generation ... [Their book] is a compendium of everything a younger generation of environmental activists has to offer: creativity, digital dexterity, networking ability, an Internet-era optimism about the future, and a deep concern about not only green issues but related questions of human rights, poverty, and social justice.
– Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books

"Reads like a smart, hip mini-encyclopedia of what's new and what's next in green technologies and earth-conscious ideas."
– Business Week

"Read it: it may change your life."
– Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker Writer

"The seminal resource guide for anyone concerned about today and the future."
– Laurie David, Global Warming Activist

"Worldchanging might well be the most complete, compelling articulation of the possible look and feel and actual operation of a sustainable society ever written."
– Denis Hayes, Earth Day Founder

Buy the book from: barnes and noble, amazon, powells, abrams, or an independent bookstore near you (to locate one, go to booksense.com)



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