Smith, Sharon J. Young Activist’s Guide to Building a Green Movement + Changing the World.

Smith, Sharon J.  Young Activist’s Guide to Building a Green Movement + Changing the World.     Ten Speed Press see Random, 2011. 214p. $14.99  ISBN 978-1-58008-561-8      ms/hs E-BN       

     Using examples of students who have organized for positive changes regarding the environment, this how-to book gives step-by-step guidelines to making a difference.  It is an outstanding handbook for the student who wants to organize to make a positive change for the environment, whether by “greening” their school’s operations or stopping an environmentally destructive development from being built.  In fairly short, easy-to-read chapters, the authors take students through the necessary steps for building an organization, recruiting adults to support it, raising funds, publicizing their efforts, and even running for office.  There are many examples of students who have made a difference peppered throughout the book, along with their portraits and brief statements, and this reinforces the book’s positive outlook that making change is possible, even against strong odds.  There are many resources listed for further information, tips for landing a job or internship in your chosen career, and a very good index.                 

Subject: Environmentalism    

Carol Kennedy