ITS NOT TOO LATE!
Crisis, Opportunity, and the Power of Hope
By Frances Moore Lappé
Limited Edition release scheduled for mid-2020
It’s Not Too Late! offers a surprising and motivating new lens through which to see the climate crisis. Though many feel overwhelmed and tempted to give up, we find a genuine ray of hope: The very severity of the climate crisis could trigger an historic awakening, enabling us to grasp causal connections among the climate crisis, our broken political system, and our economic distress.
With this awakening we can address the three roots simultaneously—and then take the necessary steps to create a just, sustainable, and prosperous future for us all. We can—and must—build a livable America capable of positive global leadership. Our book lays out why ... and how.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I -THE CLIMATE CRISIS, CRACKING OPEN POSSIBILITY
1. Why It’s Not Too Late
2. Climate Stories of Possibility
PART II AN ECONOMY FOR ALL OF US, OPENING TO SOLUTIONS
1. America’s Long Struggle: Concentrated Wealth vs. Democracy
2. Rethinking Economics: Beyond Market vs Government
3. The Making of a Fair, Flourishing Economy that Serves All of Us
4. An Explosion of New Ideas, Bold Actions
PART III WHO DECIDES OUR FUTURE? WE THE PEOPLE
1. Rigged Democracy Can’t Save the Planet
2. A Living Democracy for a Living Earth
CONCLUSION FINDING POWER IN HOPE, HOPE IN POWER
Inspiration from Climate Activists
PARTICIPATORY BOOK WRITING
It's Not Too Late is being written in a collaboration with readers involving two stages.
Stage One: Limited time first edition is schedule for release in Spring 2020. During a six month period, The Small Planet Institute will collect feedback from readers of this edition.
State Two: Using the input of the readers of the first edition, Frances will edit and prepare for a major national release of the book in Winter 2020.
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IT'S NOT TO LATE AUTHOR
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FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ
Small Planet Institute Co-Founder
It's Not Too Late is the 20th book that Frances has written in 50 years! This book dives deep into the roots of Democracy and Climate Change, and most importantly—can regular citizens in their daily lives propel America, with nearly 250 years of experience as a bold, innovative nation, back into global leadership on these questions?
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it’s the letter “d” in American sign language, and with a raised arm it seems to shout
“I count” and “1 person, 1 vote!”