Each year, Green Festivals across the nation draw over 100,000 people to their ?party with a purpose.? The Green Festival Reader: Fresh Ideas from Agents of Change presents the addresses of the foremost thinkers and activists at these popular events. From a green New Deal to healthy homes and community empowerment, The Green Festival Reader covers the most urgent and inspiring topics in today s environmental movement.
Introduction, KevinDanaher, AlisaGravitz; Part 1 The Global Crisis and a
Prescription for Change;
Chapter 1 Confronting the Facts of Climate Change,
RossGelbspan;
Chapter 2 The Great Turning, DavidKorten;
Chapter 3 Nuclear
Power? Forget about It!; Part 2 Challenging Business as Usual;
Chapter 4 We
Need a Green New Deal, DennisKucinich;
Chapter 5 Corporate Power Is the Issue
of the Day, RalphNader;
Chapter 6 On Becoming an Ecopreneur, BenCohen; Part 3
Birthing the Green Economy;
Chapter 7 Making the Green Economy Work for
Everyone, VanJones;
Chapter 8 Green Careers: The New Frontier, MarieKerpan;
Chapter 9 Green Collar Jobs;
Chapter 10 Accelerating the Shift to Green
Energy, JeromeRingo;
Chapter 11 Creating Green Worker Cooperatives,
OmarFreilla; Part 4 Greening Your Home, Community, and Planet;
Chapter 12
Creating Healthy Homes, DavidJohnston;
Chapter 13 Wheres the Power?, Frances
MooreLappé;
Chapter 14 Top 10 Reasons to Support Locally Owned Enterprises;
Chapter 15 Getting More Bang for Your Investment Buck, Tracy FernandezRysavy;
Chapter 16 Climate Solutions at the Speed and Scale Necessary, AlisaGravitz;
Chapter 17 Green Pricing versus Green Citizenship;
Chapter 18 Redefining
Leadership, HunterLovins;
Chapter 19 Organize! Organize! Organize!,
BillMcKibben;
Chapter 20 Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?, KevinDanaher,
AlisaGravitz;
Kevin Danaher, Alisa Gravitz, Medea Benjamin