Net Impact Seattle :: Professional Chapter

Reminder! The January Book Club is on the 11th at 6:30 PM

When: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Where: Jessica Greenen’s House in Capitol Hill/Madison Park (address is email to those who RSVP)
Book:Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why no one saw it Coming by Paul Hawken
Cost: Free!
RSVP: to Jessica. Please advise of any dietary restrictions as well.
More info: Email Shara Senior

Start of the new year with a though provoking dinner and discussion of Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest. The book is the leading environmentalist and social activist’s examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change.

About the book:

Paul Hawken has spent over a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes, these groups collectively comprise the largest movement on earth, a movement that has no name, leader, or location, and that has gone largely ignored by politicians and the media. Like nature itself, it is organizing from the bottom up, in every city, town, and culture. and is emerging to be an extraordinary and creative expression of people’s needs worldwide. Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of the movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and hidden history, which date back many centuries.

Blessed Unrest, Tuesday January 11 at 6:30 PM

When: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM
Where: Jessica Greenen’s House in Capitol Hill/Madison Park (address is email to those who RSVP)
Book:Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why no one saw it Coming by Paul Hawken
Cost: Free!
RSVP: to Jessica. Please advise of any dietary restrictions as well.
More info: Email Shara Senior

Start of the new year with a though provoking dinner and discussion of Paul Hawken’s Blessed Unrest. The book is the leading environmentalist and social activist’s examination of the worldwide movement for social and environmental change.

About the book:

Paul Hawken has spent over a decade researching organizations dedicated to restoring the environment and fostering social justice. From billion-dollar nonprofits to single-person dot.causes, these groups collectively comprise the largest movement on earth, a movement that has no name, leader, or location, and that has gone largely ignored by politicians and the media. Like nature itself, it is organizing from the bottom up, in every city, town, and culture. and is emerging to be an extraordinary and creative expression of people’s needs worldwide. Blessed Unrest explores the diversity of the movement, its brilliant ideas, innovative strategies, and hidden history, which date back many centuries.

Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women, Thursday, October 28 from 6:30 – 8:30

When: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Where: Life Enrichment Bookstore, Columbia City, 5023 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle map
Book: Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Cost: Free!
RSVP: Not necessary for this month. Just get the book and start reading!
Contact: For more information about the Net Impact book club, contact Shara Senior.

“Stunning . . . [Half the Sky] belongs on the ‘must-read’ list because it offers perspective, insight, and clear-eyed optimism for why and how each of us can and should meet one of the great moral and humanitarian challenges of our times.” -Bill Gates, Sr., The Huffington Post [...]

“The boy who harnessed the wind” discussion coming up: Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 1:00 PM

Be sure to let Erin know if you are planning on attending this weekend’s book club meeting. Find out more about this month’s selection on the original post here. It’s an amazing story!