Item Description
The New York Times bestselling examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change Paul Hawken has spent more than a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes, these groups collectively comprise the largest movement on earth, a movement that has no name, leader, or location and that has gone largely ignored by politicians and the media. Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of the movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and centuries of hidden history. A culmination of Hawkens many years of leadership in the environmental and social justice fields, it will inspire all who despair of the worlds fate, and its conclusions will surprise even those within the movement itself.
Product Details
- Author: Paul Hawken
- Publication Date: 2008-04-01
- Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Product Group: Book
- Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
- Package Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 820L x 550W x 80H
- Weight: 45
- List Price: $16.00
- ASIN: B001FWXR3Y
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Customer Reviews
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A Fulfilling Read
2009-09-10
Reviewer: John R. White
Paul Hawken did everyone a favor in writing this book. It is very comprehensive and insightful, and the picture of the transformation of society it paints in very inspiring and hopeful. I have recommended it to several friends, and given it as gifts.
JW
Not What I Expected
2009-08-29
Reviewer: Karen
This book was well written and the author is clearly informed on his subject. The only reason I rated it low was because I was looking for something that gave more information on how to help solve the problems covered in the book. This book was more focused on explaining the problems and not as much as on offering solutions.
Cause for optimism
2009-06-09
Reviewer: L. deCapiteau
This is an informative and fun read. It gives me hope that the traditionally less-powerful people on this planet are on the brink of achieving goals that are based on integrity and compassion, instead of--as delivered by the industrial revolution's power structure--stupidity and greed.
No Issues
2009-03-31
Reviewer: LRP
I'm very happy with my recent purchase of Blessed Unrest. The book was in perfect condition.
The premise is great but the writing is not
2009-03-14
Reviewer: L. Byrne
The underlying motivation, premise and theme of this book is fantasti. A book on the subtitle "how the largest social movement in history is restoring grace, justice and beauty to the world" is needed. Unfortunately, this book does not adequately fulfill this need. After completing it, I can't say that I learned much about the ecological organizations or anything new about how the movements can better succeed. This is due to two reasons. First the content of the book is not squarely focused on what the subtitle suggests. Hawking brings in a lot of philosophical and scientific references that crowds out discussion of the social movement and organizations. Second, teh writing is very disorganized and choppy. It was a hard to follow book and I found myself skimming major parts just because it was too unbearable to read it word by word. The philosophical and scientific references made were not well integrated into the narrative; overall the writing lacks good transition sentences among paragraphs and chapters. It was very frustrating because the theme has so much potential. I would NOT recommend this book. Instead, Fritjof Capra's The Hidden Connections contains a much clearer and productive discussion of the science and philosophy underlying ecological thinking and he applies that to a critique of globalization, consumerism and other issues.
