RESPONSE-ABLE: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth
What we all need to know and be able to do to make the shift toward a sustainable future.
About My Book
Response-able: How to Live Well Over Time on Planet Earth
This book is for young people. Young in age, and young at heart. It can be read in class with a teacher’s support and guidance, and it can be read individually and in community. The goal of the book is to inspire, motivate, and prepare young people to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way.
The book is divided into three sections:
The first section is about the importance of being able to envision a preferred future and navigate toward it, i.e., to invent the kind of future that is possible. I begin with visions of many of us who have been at this for a while and invite my readers to envision the future they want. I explain that it's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does… and I emphasize that this is “game on” not “game over”.
In the second section, I discuss the mindsets that got us into the unsustainable situation in which we find ourselves (and that are still wreaking havoc on our lives) and then I explore the kinds of unsustainable designs and lifestyles that followed suit.
In the third and last section, I explore the mindsets of sustainability and discuss what we need to know, do, and be like individually and collectively, if we want to thrive over time on this planet. Physical laws and ecological principles (the operating instructions for life on Earth), scientific and media literacy, systems thinking, creative thinking, thinking about thinking, making and adapting to change, and the value of recognizing and protecting the commons. Making choices, taking actions and anticipating the need to read the feedback and self correct, are all attributes of the thinking, doing, and being for a sustainable future. Included in this last section is an invitation to “Find Your Compelling Purpose” a new tool that will help young people find their super power, their “ikigai”, their niche, and join others with similar and diverse unique contributions to accelerate the course correction we need to make to head toward the future we want.
What the Revenue from the Pre-Sale Campaign Covers
The cost of publishing, production, and marketing of my paperback, ebook, and audiobook
A revisions editor, copy editor, and proofreader this Spring to further hone my book
A marketing specialist to coach and support me in marketing efforts, and help me reach new audiences
A cover artist and layout editor will be designing my book. (The mockups you see currently are a placeholder!)
Pre-Sale Options
Pre-sale book launch Event + 1 ebook - $15.00
You will receive a Digital Copy of my book when I publish. You will be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.Pre-sale book launch event + Class sets of paperback books (10+ books) - $15.00 each
If you buy a class set of 10 books or more, the price of the paperback book or ebook is $15 each. You will also be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.Pre-sale book launch Event + 1 paperback copy of book - $20.00
You will receive 1 paperback edition of my book when I publish. You will also be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.Pre-sale book launch Event + 1 signed copy of the book - $30.00
You will receive 1 signed paperback edition of my book when I publish (the additional cost will offset the costs of printing for students). You will also be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.1 Day Intro to EfS + 1 signed copy of the paperback book + Pre-sale book launch event - $150.00
You will receive a signed paperback edition of my book when I publish. You will be invited to join our one day Introduction to Education for Sustainability (virtually or in-person at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY) on August 11, 2025. You will also be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.Curriculum Design Studio + 1 signed copy of the paperback book + pre-sale book launch event - $499.00
You will receive a signed paperback edition of my book when I publish. You will be invited to join our Curriculum Design Studio (virtually or in-person at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY) from August 11 to August 15, 2025. You will also be invited to join my pre-sale book launch event.
Q&A
When is the deadline to preorder?
There is no deadline but your support helps fund the costs of publishing, production, and marketing of my paperback, ebook, and audiobook
When will the book be available?
The book will be available in the fall 2025.
