Contents Notes |
"A practical, step-by-step guide for young activists to planning and executing successful environmental campaigns, featuring strategies and lessons learned from Earth Island Institute's Brower Youth Award winners"--Provided by publisher. Introduction: If you want to go far, go together -- Find your passion: how to join the environmental movement -- Create an action plan: set your goals and choose your tactics -- Build a green movement: recruit people to your cause -- Spread your message: communicate your passion -- Politics: how to lobby politicians, pass legislation, and run for office -- Corporate campaigns: use your consumer power to green businesses -- Protest with power: how and when to hold a demonstration -- Make media headlines: use traditional and new media for publicity -- Grow the green: how to ask for (and get!) financial support -- Green your campus: ideas to create a more sustainable school -- Change the world: define your future in the green movement. |