The Power of an Open Question

This valuable book underscores that many of the solutions so desperately needed today have already been discovered by nature. In these challenging times, Kenny Ausubel has become a leader of leaders, blazing the trail so others can follow. He is a powerful voice for nature's undervalued ecological services—[reminding us] that nature has innate resources and solutions for solving the complexity of problems humans have created. Now is our time, and the world needs more voices like Kenny Ausubel's. Dreaming the Future is much more than a dream: this is a blueprint for survival.

—Paul Stamets, author, Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

The world is entering a period of great change. The environment is collapsing. Social disruption abounds. All around, it seems, societies are experiencing breakdown—even collapse.

Out of this chaos, however, comes the opportunity to avoid a complete breakdown and instead foster a breakthrough. It is time, argues award-winning social entrepreneur, author, journalist, and filmmaker Kenny Ausubel, to reimagine our future and our connection to each other, and to nature.

In Dreaming the Future, Ausubel tracks the big ideas, metatrends, and game-changing developments of our time being led by some of the world’s greatest thinkers.

As more communities take the initiative to shape their own future and become more resilient, Ausubel shows how it’s possible to emerge from a world where corporations are citizens, the gap between rich and poor is cavernous, and biodiversity and the climate are under assault—and create a world where people take their cues from nature and focus on justice, equity, diversity, democracy, and peace.

Ausubel is a cofounder of Bioneers, an organization that serves as a hatchery and breeding ground for innovation—an organization that foreword author David W. Orr describes as “one part global salon . . . one part catalytic organization.”

In a similar catalyst fashion, Dreaming the Future offers readers engaging, and at times humorous, essays that even people steeped in the realities of a world gone wrong and the struggles to right it will find refreshing and provocative.

The Smoothie Recipe Book: 150 Smoothie Recipes Including Smoothies for Weight Loss and Smoothies for Optimum Health

Smoothies are not only an easy and delicious way to increase your daily intake of fresh fruits and vegetables, they also provide proven health benefits for both your mind and body. The Smoothie Recipe Book serves up 150 enticing recipes for every palate.

Enjoying the many advantages of smoothies has never been simpler:

• 150 delicious recipes include green smoothies, protein smoothies, low-fat smoothies, weight-loss smoothies, anti-aging smoothies, smoothies for diabetics, and more.

• Learn how smoothies can help you reach your weight-loss goals and keep the weight off for good without making you feel like you’re starving.

• Make kid-friendly smoothies that get them to eat their daily dose of fruits and vegetables without ever knowing it!

• The Smoothie Recipe Book is your guide to the optimum health and weight loss.

Working healthful, nutritious food into busy, on-the-go lifestyles can be difficult, so let The Smoothie Recipe Book be your quick guide to detoxing and cleansing your system as well as for getting essential, natural vitamins and minerals to gain boundless energy and optimum health.

Fiber-rich, low-calorie smoothies made with whole fruits and vegetables, herbs, and spices are also a tasty way to take unwanted pounds off as part of your weight-loss regimen.

With The Smoothie Recipe Book: 150 Smoothie Recipes Including Smoothies for Weight Loss and Smoothies for Optimum Health, you’ll experience the vitality and energy to be your best.