| Activist's Alphabet Contributor(s): Donna Sinclair (Author) |
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ISBN: 1773431544 ISBN-13: 9781773431543 Publisher: Wood Lake Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.98" W x 8.68" (0.50 lbs) 175 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How does it happen that a rather shy and not-terribly-brave individual finds herself getting arrested on Parliament Hill? Why does a woman who prefers to commune with pole beans all summer end up laboriously writing speeches to present at City Hall? There is no need for this. I am 74 years old, elderly. It would be more suitable for me to spend my remaining days quietly reading novels than singing protest songs. What happened? These are the questions that sometimes plague Donna Sinclair. A widely-travelled, award-winning journalist for more than 27 years, now retired, Sinclair could easily sit back and simply enjoy her garden, her grandkids, and her remaining years with her husband. Yet that is not what she has chosen to do. Sinclair, like an ever increasing number of her peers, as well as younger people the world over, has chosen the path of activism. But why? I am not alone with these questions. Most activists, I am convinced, do not wake up one morning and say to themselves, 'I think I will spend today, and perhaps the rest of my life, antagonizing large corporate bodies - with untold amounts of money to spend - and even some of my neighbours, so that I don't get enough sleep and am constantly making anguished trade-offs about how I will spend my time.' This book is an effort to figure out why and how environmental activists fall passionately in love with a lake, a river, or a planet and its people. It's a primer, or an alphabet, on how to stay strong enough to keep putting that love into action, over and over. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sinclair, Donna: - As an award-winning journalist with TheUnited Church Observer for 27 years, DonnaSinclair travelled internationally, and verywidely in Canada. Now retired, she continuesto write occasionally for a variety of publica-tions. Over the last decade she and herhusband, Jim, have devoted a great deal oftheir time to caring for their grandchildrenand the world they inhabit.Activist Alphabet is her 13th book. |