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You Can Change the World: The Global Citizen's Handbook for Living on Planet Earth

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You Can Change The World: The Global Citizen's Handbook For Living On Planet Earth by Ervin Laszlo is a positive guide written for the readership of ordinary people, clearly explaining just how they can make a difference on global issues. From working ways to apply pressure to government, big business, and media; to advocating a grassroots revolution; to the insightful wisdom of Japanese spiritual master Masami Saionji; to the crucial importance of thinking responsibly, and so much more, You Can Change The World truly lives up the promise its ambitious title and is a highly recommended, life-affirming work.

This book is a must read for each and every human being whose consciousness is gradually awakening to the problems that humanity shares on our beautiful planet. The more it is being read and the pieces of advice adhered to, the more planetary consciousness will spread and take a lasting effect in the minds and hearts of our fellow inhabitants on planet earth. May the book's vision not turn out to be wishful thinking. The only thing I do not understand is the reason why Ervin Laszlo does not mention other visionary authors such as Thom Hartman (The Prophet's Way, The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight), Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations with God), Ken Wilber (Four Quadrant Model), Don Beck (Spiral Dynamics), Stanislav Grof (Psychology of the Future) and others.

A must for all who seek to help save our world's resources and sanity by embracing who we are and the way we all help even with simple intention and conscious awareness.

I had to purchase this book for a class in Environmental Studies. The title led me to think there would be some sort of an example that might guide well meaning activism. Instead Ervin Laszlo seems to have written out a dream concept for a world that doesn't exist. The only change that I can see comming from this book may be a change in one's own personal conscieness. It may bring back some previously experienced great hallucinations to motivated readers. I plan to use this book as an example of a "bad source" for a researched essay. The arguments are not well supported. It spews the author's personal, bitter feelings, especially about US politics. AND IT BRINGS ME DOWN. Gloomy, cultish.