The stellar folks from WorldChanging have recently released a (big and pretty) book, and they're doing a big ol' tour across North America to promote it. Carbon-offset, I'm sure. ;)

Lucky for me, the Vancouver event is the day after I get back from my two weeks on the road – November 5th, 2006. It's being held at WorkSpace and promises to be a great time. So if you live in the city, come on out and play!

November 5th
6:00-8:30, party afterwards
WorkSpace: 400 – 21 Water St.
Vancouver BC

A bit of context...

WORLDCHANGING: A USER'S GUIDE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

You're invited...

Come join some of your community's most creative, inspiring people for an evening celebrating our new book and the worldchanging power of great ideas. Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century is a 608-page compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions for building a livable, prosperous future, written by more than sixty noted writers and thinkers, with a foreward from Al Gore and an introduction by Bruce Sterling.

From consumer consciousness to a new vision for industry; non-toxic homes to refugee shelters; microfinance to effective philanthropy; socially responsible investing to starting a green business; citizen media to human rights; ecological economics to climate change, we think this is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge overview to date of what's possible in the near future -- if we decide to make it so. www.worldchanging.com/book

Want to volunteer? Contact us at volunteer@worldchanging.com

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I'll be up at Web of Change and therefore unable to attend, but if I wasn't there, I'd definitely check out this book launch event.

The Wilderness Committee are some of the hardest working and most dedicated environmental activists I know of. Paul George is one of the originals, and he has recently released a book called Big Trees, Not Big Stumps: 25 years of campaigning to save wilderness with the Wilderness Committee. I'm sure it'll be an incredible read – it always makes me shivery to hear stories from seasoned forest activists. (Seriously. I sometimes wonder whether I'll really have lived if I die without ever having chained myself to a logging truck.)

In the words of Guy Dauncey... "This is a fabulous book. More than that: it’s a phenomenon. It’s the War and Peace of BC’s environmental movement. Packed with insights, history, and personal tales, it reveals the dreams, the skills, the conflicts, and the amazing persistence of those whose passion for life led to the preservation of some of BC’s most important wilderness areas."

"Big Trees" will be released at the "Big Party" on September 20th,
2006, 7 to 10 pm, at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver.

Advance tickets are $15 each or 2 of $25, and include a free drink, $10 off a signed “Big Trees” book, hors d’oeuvres, First Nations dance and welcome, no-host bar, personal tales from Paul, stunning images, out-takes, music, lots of laughter, and the occasional tear.

To get your tickets Call the Wilderness Committee at 604.683.8220 or 1-800-661-9453, or email bigtrees@wildernesscommittee.org