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Do it yourself : a handbook for changing our world

Leading a sustainable and truly radical life encompasses a whole variety of things that challenge the mainstream. This book shows how we can make real changes to the way we live. In simple steps, it describes how you can create sustainable and equitable ways of living that can help
Print Book, English, 2007
Pluto Press, London, 2007
xiv, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
9780745326382, 9780745326375, 0745326382, 0745326374
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Introduction: Do it yourself
Why we need holistic solutions for a world in crisis
How to get off the grid
Why do it without leaders
How to make decisions by consensus
Why society is making us sick
How to manage our own health
Why we still have a lot to learn
How to inspire change through earning
Why we are what we eat
How to set up a community garden
Why we need cultural activism
How to prank, play and subvert the system
Why we need autonomous spaces in the fight against capitalsm
How to set up a self-managed social centre
Why we need to reclaim the media
How to communicate beyond TV
Why we need to take direct action
How to build active campaigns
Conclusion: Changing our worlds