Worldchanging (book)

{{Short description|2006 book by Alex Steffen}}

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| name = Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

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| image = Worldchanging (book).jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Alex Steffen (Editor)

| illustrator = Sagmeister

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Green Guide

| publisher = Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

| pub_date = November 1, 2006

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| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 608 pp

| isbn = 978-0-8109-3095-7

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Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century is a book about environmental concerns and practical actual responses. It is a compendium of the solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldchanging.com/book |title=WorldChanging |publisher=WorldChanging |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}} In November 2006, Worldchanging published a survey of global innovation, with a foreword by Al Gore, design by Stefan Sagmeister and an introduction by Bruce Sterling. It has received praise, was a winner of the 2007 "Green Prize" for sustainability literature,[https://smpl.org/Green_Prize.aspx Santa Monica Public Library, Green Prize for Sustainable Literature] and is being translated into French under the title Change Le Monde,{{Cite web|author=Mark Tovey |url=http://www.worldchanging.com/local/canada/archives//007410.html |title=WorldChanging Canada: Changer le monde! |publisher=Worldchanging.com |date=2007-10-12 |accessdate=2010-07-21}} German and several other languages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008167.html |title=Bright Green: Das Handbuch der Ideen für eine bessere Zukunft |publisher=Worldchanging |date= |accessdate=2010-07-21}} Harry N. Abrams, Inc., the publisher of the hardcover edition, listed it among their 50 best selling titles in July 2008.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}