Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century is a book

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 about environmental concerns and practical actual responses. It is a compendium

Compendium

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 of the solutions, ideas and invention

Invention

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s emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future. In November 2006, Worldchanging published a survey of global innovation, with a foreword by Al Gore

Al Gore

Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

, design by Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister

Stefan Sagmeister is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer. He has his own design firm—Sagmeister Inc.—in New York City. He has designed album covers for Lou Reed, OK Go, The Rolling Stones, David Byrne, Aerosmith and Pat Metheny.-Biography:Sagmeister studied graphic design at the...

 and an introduction by Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling

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. It has received praise, was a winner of the "Green Prize" for sustainability

Sustainability

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 literature, and is being translated into French

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 under the title Change Le Monde, German

German language

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 and several other languages. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., the publisher of the hardcover edition, listed it among their 50 best selling titles in July 2008.

Awards

The book was mentioned by BusinessWeek

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 as one of the "Best Innovation and Design Books for 2006".

Reprinting

The updated version was published April 1, 2011, called Worldchanging, Revised Edition: A User's Guide for the 21st Century ISBN 978-0810997462. Alex Steffen

Alex Steffen

Alex Steffen is an American writer, editor, public speaker and futurist most noted for his bright green ideas.Steffen co-founded and ran the online magazine Worldchanging from its start in 2003 until its closure in 2010...

 is the author, Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

William Ernest "Bill" McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College...

 wrote the Introduction, and Van Jones

Van Jones

Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones is an American environmental advocate, civil rights activist, and attorney. Jones is a co-founder of three non-profit organizations. In 1996, he founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, a California non-governmental organization working for alternatives to violence...

 wrote the Foreword. Sagmeister Inc. was the Designer.