Tools for grassroots activists best practices for success in the environmental movement

"For over twenty years, Patagonia has organized a Tools Conference, where experts provide practical training to help make activists more effective. Now Patagonia has captured Tools' best wisdom and advice into a book, creating a resource for any organization hoping to hone core skills like...

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Other Authors: Chouinard, Yvon, 1938- (author of introduction.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Why a tools conference? /
  • Yvon Chouinard
  • The business of changing the world /
  • Vincent Stanley
  • Keynore:
  • Keepers of the door /
  • Brock Evans
  • Campaign strategy /
  • Brian O'Donnell
  • Case study:
  • Rocky Mountain Front /
  • Bob Ekey
  • Keynote:
  • Taking our work to the next level /
  • Annie Leonard
  • Marketing /
  • Strick Walker
  • Case study:
  • Worn wear /
  • Bill Boland
  • Keynote:
  • Leaderless /
  • Bill McKibben
  • Organizing /
  • Owen Bailey
  • Keynote:
  • The haircut /
  • David Orr
  • Fundraising /
  • Diane Brown
  • Case study:
  • California salmon and steelhead /
  • Karen Gardner
  • Keynote:
  • Saving the sacred headwaters /
  • Wade Davis
  • Communications /
  • Kristen Grimm
  • Case study:
  • The Gulf of Mexico /
  • Kristen Grimm
  • How to:
  • Creating print materials /
  • Jim Little
  • Keynote:
  • When we change the climate, we change the world /
  • Lois Gibbs
  • Networking /
  • Beth Kanter
  • Case study:
  • Grist /
  • Katharine Worth
  • How to:
  • Inspire with film /
  • Melinda Booth
  • Keynote:
  • Let your hands go /
  • Bruce Hill
  • Lobbying /
  • Tim Mahoney
  • Case study:
  • California North Coast wilderness /
  • Ryan Henson
  • Keynote:
  • Epiphany /
  • Denis Hayes
  • Working with business /
  • John Sterling
  • Case study:
  • Oregon Badlands /
  • Brent Fenty
  • Keynote:
  • Sowing seeds of hope /
  • Jane Goodall
  • Utilizing the economics of conservation /
  • Ben Alexander
  • Case study:
  • Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument /
  • Nathan Small
  • Keynote:
  • Ghost deer /
  • Terry Tempest Williams
  • Visualizing data /
  • Tanya Birch & Karin Tuxen-Bettman
  • Case study:
  • The Jane Goodall Institute /
  • Lilian Pintea & Shawn Sweeney
  • Keynote:
  • Japan's first dam removal: the Arase Dam /
  • Shoko Tsuru
  • Keynote:
  • The dancing planet /
  • Dave Foreman
  • Author's bios.