William Powers

Author. Senior fellow, World Policy Institute. Adjunct faculty member, NYU.

[William Powers @BillPowersBooks]

Ripple: An Intimate Exchange of Urgency and Hope Between An Ecologist Dad and His Daughter, comes out October 21st!

This story might just be the balm we need to create a better world for the future!

Pre-order here: https://t.co/z0n71bykSu

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An excerpt from my new book RIPPLE on Medium. Enjoy!

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Here's my book cover endorsement for the just-released IF THOREAU HAD A BICYCLE by Mark Cramer. Loved it 📷
"As a Dad in a "Transition Family" with four bikes and zero cars, I devoured Mark Cramer's new book If Thoreau Had a Bicycle...." https://t.co/l1TSlpjE5o

[Erin Remblance @remblance_erin]

Yesterday I was asked: “what are the 5 things you think everyone needs to know?”

So, I thought I’d share them here too:

1. This chart from the IPCC 6th Assessment Synthesis report, released this week, shows just how far away we are from limiting warming to below 2C: (1/11)

[Jim Shultz @jimshultz]

A good review in @earthislandjrnl by @BillPowersBooks about the important book on El Salvador's water battles by John Cavanaugh and Robin Broad. https://t.co/aLwBs3ccSq

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I just subscribed to Charles Eisenstein's newsletter. If you don't know him, he's doing great stuff. https://t.co/RM148mAq1U

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Turn the world upside down? https://t.co/UsTdoB7Qai

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A major new story about the Earth Liberation Front. A very interesting read! https://t.co/CfS32479aL

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A proof-of-concept for an Austin-based company that plans to build similar communities of tiny homes for rent across Texas and eventually across the country.

https://t.co/uJ6MhJ4vRL

[West Sacramento @cityofwestsac]

#WestSacGoats cross Jefferson at Locks Drive this morning.
They will be clearing high weeds and grass along the Clarksburg Branch Line Trail to help prevent wildfires! 🐐💛

[Al Norman @SprawlBusters]

U.S. AUTHOR MARK CRAMER (OLD MAN ON A GREEN BIKE) BICYCLING IN FRANCE asks a postwoman:”Do you have more and more e-commerce packages?” "That's how it is," she replies. “We are not far from the day when we will all be Amazon employees.” Attac members occupying AMZN HQ in Clichy:

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One of my readers tattooed the icon from my book Twelve by Twelve. #tattoo #tinyhome .

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Clea on one of our hikes a few years ago. #bolivia #hiking

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“The sixty- year-old said that his people, the indigenous Chiquitano, believe that “a tree holds up the seven skies,” and that each sky is what we today call an ecosystem.” quote from my book, Dispatches from the Sweet Life. #reading #pachamama

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“I sink into the afternoon, watching the sun move across the sky, my molecules merging with the landscape as if I were already decomposing into Pachamama.” quote from my book, Dispatches from the Sweet Life. #reading #pachamama

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“Pay attention to the things you are naturally drawn to. They are often connected to your path, passion, and purpose in life. Have the courage to follow them.” - Ruben Chavez

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Me in Moscow, Russia when I visited to talk at Moscow’s Urban Forum in Zarydye Park. #speaker #moscowurbanforum

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Book signing and reading of Dispatches from the Sweet Life at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2018. #booksigning @collwksbooks

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Biocentrism and a Child’s Perspective. #biocentrism #children