{"id":6805,"date":"2024-05-19T21:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/?page_id=6805"},"modified":"2024-09-08T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:14:21","slug":"beautiful-solutions-a-toolbox-for-liberation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/books\/beautiful-solutions-a-toolbox-for-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Solutions: A Toolbox for Liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edited with Elandria Williams, Rachel Plattus, and Eli Feghali<br><em>October 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/beautifultrouble.org\/beautifulsolutions\">Project website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-664x997.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6807\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-664x997.png 664w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-768x1153.png 768w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-1023x1536.png 1023w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover-1365x2048.png 1365w, https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BSOL_cover.png 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our problems are global and interconnected, and our solutions must be too. With over seventy contributors, this toolbox spotlights the collective wisdom that reminds us that another world is not only possible, it\u2019s already under construction. Everything we need to transform our communities already exists. From food sovereignty to debt abolition, from folk schools to energy democracy\u2014and from Argentina to Zimbabwe. If you long for a more beautiful, more just, and more livable world\u2014and want to know how to get there\u2014this book is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buy: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/orbooks.com\/catalog\/beautiful-solutions\/\">OR Books<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Beautiful-Solutions-Liberation-Eli-Feghali\/dp\/1682193373\/\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Endorsements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCapitalism can\u2019t get us out of this crisis. If you\u2019re wondering what can, take a look at Beautiful Solutions.\u201d\u2014Naomi Klein, author of <em>Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShows us that we are not starting from scratch and we are not alone in imagining an economy that allows us to love each other!\u201d\u2014adrienne maree brown, author of <em>Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA loving and thoughtful gathering of our stories\u2026a celebration of our collective genius\u2026takes on the revolutionary question of how we create worlds where we all thrive.\u201d\u2014Makani Themba, author and movement strategist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>September 7, 2024 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highlandercenter.org\/\">Highlander Research and Education Center<\/a><\/strong><br>New Market, TN<br>10:00am EST<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 10, 2024 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tvuuc.org\/\">Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church<\/a><\/strong><br>Knoxville, TN<br>6:00pm EST<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>September 14, 2024 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conference.coop\/home\/\">US Federation of Worker Cooperative Conference<\/a><\/strong><br>Chicago, IL<br>11:30am EST<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>October 23, 2024 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.franciskiteclub.com\/\">Francis Kite Club<\/a><\/strong><br>New York, NY<br>5:00pm EST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edited with Elandria Williams, Rachel Plattus, and Eli FeghaliOctober 2024 Our problems are global and interconnected, and our solutions must be too. With over seventy contributors, this toolbox spotlights the collective wisdom that reminds us that another world is not only possible, it\u2019s already under construction. Everything we need to transform our communities already exists. 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