A powerful and inspiring portrait of a hope-filled movement trying to change the world for the better.
This
book provides ideas and tools young activists can use as they work to
save what they care about most. It also contains lots of expert tips and
advice from young and old activists who are showing the way, such as:
Nahira Gerster-Sim, Hannah Bywater, Simon Jackson, Greta Thunberg,
Shannen Koostachin, Kile George, Kaiden Peldjak, Robin Wall Kimmerer,
and Sophia Mathur. Saving the Future contains lessons on how to save the
future – get as much political power as you can, defend your rights,
choose solidarity, defend the sacred, care for the vulnerable, speak
only truthful words, equip yourself to lead, and more – as told by young
activists who are busy trying to do these things. It tells the stories
of their efforts without attempting to place the weight of saving the
world on the shoulders of young people today. For example, Nahira
Gerster-Sim is working to help make it so that 16-year-olds will be able
to vote. Hannah Bywater and Simon Jackson are fighting for vulnerable
and endangered animals. Kaiden Peldjak and Kile George are denouncing
racism.
A journalist for more than 30 years, Donna Sinclair is
an award-winning writer who has traveled widely in Canada, Africa,
Central America, Britain, and Eastern Europe. She is the author of The
Spirituality of Bread, The Spirituality of Gardening, A Woman's Book of
Days, A Woman's Book of Days 2, The Long View and numerous other titles.
Donna lives with her husband Jim in North Bay, Ontario.