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9780745326382

Do It Yourself A Handbook for Changing Our World

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745326382

  • ISBN10:

    0745326382

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-06-27
  • Publisher: Pluto Press

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Do you really want to change the world? If the answer is YES, then this book shows you how. Leading a sustainable and truly radical life encompasses a whole variety of things that challenge the mainstream. This book shows how we can make real changes to the way we live. In simple steps, it describes how you can create sustainable and equitable ways of living that can help transform not just your own life, but the society around you. The book weaves together analysis, stories, experiences, and practical guides, examining nine different areas where people are transforming their lives and society---right here and now. Accessible and informative, this DIY handbook brings alive the rich potential of grassroots activism and shows how we can work together to create just, equitable, and sustainable societies. Covering everything from cultural activism to health, autonomous spaces, food, alternative media, popular education, and direct action, it shows you how to: set up a housing cooperative do a workshop on climate change build a passive solar heating system start an independent media project set up a social center make interventions in the urban landscape that are funny and inspiring and lots more!

Table of Contents

Introduction : do it yourselfp. 1
Why we need holistic solutions for a world in crisisp. 11
How to get off the gridp. 28
Why do it without leadersp. 50
How to make decisions by consensusp. 63
Why society is making us sickp. 78
How to manage our own healthp. 94
Why we still have a lot to learnp. 108
How to inspire change through learningp. 120
Why we are what we eatp. 139
How to set up a community gardenp. 154
Why we need cultural activismp. 171
How to prank, play and subvert the systemp. 187
Why we need autonomous spaces in the fight against capitalismp. 201
How to set up a self-managed social centrep. 216
Why we need to reclaim the mediap. 233
How to communicate beyond TVp. 246
Why we need to take direct actionp. 262
How to build active campaignsp. 277
Conclusion : changing our worldsp. 292
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