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PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101605097314

ISBN-139781605097312

eBay Product ID (ePID)99639932

Product Key Features

Book TitleWalk Out Walk on : a Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPolitical Process / General, Sociology / General, Development / General, General

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics

AuthorMargaret J. Wheatley, Deborah Frieze

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight19.5 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2010-053053

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"If there is any hope for us, it lies in rediscovering and recreating community. Do not doubt this is possible. Read Walk Out Walk On and see for yourself--and see your self." --Peter Senge, author of The Fifth Discipline and coauthor of Presence and The Necessary Revolution "Exuberant and galvanizing, this book takes us to where the future is happening--not in the corridors of power but at the grassroots where a 'trans-local' movement is unleashing human creativity and smarts." --Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self "This book gives insight and beauty to what is becoming the new, new world--an intimate journey with communities and citizens creating a future with their own hearts, hands, and relationships." --Peter Block, author of Community and coauthor of The Abundant Community

Dewey Decimal307.1/4

Table Of ContentOur Invitation for How to Read this Book Part I: Leaving Home Walk Outs Who Walk On Why We Visit These Communities Your Hosts (The Authors) Seven Healthy and Resilient Communities The Role Walk Outs Play in Creating Change Preparing to Leave Home The Courage to Quest A Few Questions For You Packing For the Journey Part II: Journeying Mexico: From Scaling Up to Scaling Across Brazil: From Power to Play South Africa: From Problem to Place Zimbabwe: From Efficiency to Resilience India: From Transacting to Gifting Greece: From Intervention to Friendship United States: From Hero to Host Part III: Returning Home Will You Walk On? Stepping On to the Invisible Path Part IV: Reflections Choosing to Act We Never Know Who We Are Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Credits and Sources Website About the Authors About Berkana

SynopsisNo One Is Coming to Help. Now What? In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities, and nations? In Walk Out Walk On , we invite you on a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems. "We discovered a gift inside ourselves," one Brazilian said, "something that was already there." Walk Out Walk On is the winner of a silver medal in the social change category of the 2012 Nautilus Book Awards., In this era of increasingly complex problems and shrinking resources, can we find meaningful and enduring solutions to the challenges we face today as individuals, communities, and nations? In Walk Out Walk On , we invite you on a learning journey to seven communities around the world to meet people who have walked out of limiting beliefs and assumptions and walked on to create healthy and resilient communities. These Walk Outs who Walk On use their ingenuity and caring to figure out how to work with what they have to create what they need. From Mexico to India, from Columbus, Ohio to Johannesburg, South Africa, we discover that all communities have the intelligence and inventiveness to solve their seemingly insolvable problems. "We discovered a gift inside ourselves," one Brazilian said, "something that was already there."

LC Classification NumberHM756.W48 2011