Don Alexander

In Review: The Agitator's Library

Creative Community Organizing: A Guide for Rabble-Rousers, Activists, and Quiet Lovers of Justice, Si Kahn, San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2010, 240 pages.

Collective Visioning: How Groups Can Work Together for a Just and Sustainable Future, Linda Stout, San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2011, 240 pages.

Citizen You: Doing Your Part to Change the World, Jonathan Tisch with Karl Weber, New York: Crown Publishing, 2010, 288 pages.

A Troublemaker’s Teaparty: A Manual for Effective Citizen Action, Charles Dobson, Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2003 (reprinted in 2009), 224 pages.
Reviewed by Christine Krumrey and Don Alexander

In Review: Urban Renewal

Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change, Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley and Heather Boyer, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2009, 166 pages.

Yogi Berra’s famous line, “The future ain’t what it used to be,” certainly rings true for decision makers and citizens concerned with the well-being of urban areas.

Resilient Cities, written by sustainability researchers Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley and Heather Boyer, describes a future in which peak oil and climate change will mean the end of many familiar signs of affluence. ...

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