'This book gives you all the information anyone could wantabout the state of the world and how to save it. Michael Norton's grippingread, filled with a wealth of facts, will arm you in any discussion, teenagersand adult alike who want to make the case for rescuing the planet. This willgive you hope for what can still be done, if we all act now.' - Polly Toynbee, Guardian 'A fantastic panorama of how to right the wrongs of theworld, packed full of examples of everyday people taking action and makingchange every day. If you ever doubted you could make a difference - read thisand you'll know you can!' - Dawn Austwick, former CEO, National LotteryCommunity Fund 'Humankind's body politic is being ravaged by an advancedform of necrotising fasciitis called "profit maximising neoliberalism". But theantibodies we need to see off this wasting disease are getting stronger by theday - as Fixing the Planet so eloquently makes clear.' - Jonathon Porritt,co-founder Forum for the Future 'A wonderfully accessible encyclopaedia of facts, examplesand inspirations that can serve as an antidote to the fatalism that is perhapsour biggest risk today.' - Geoff Mulgan, Professor of Collective Intelligence,Public Policy and Social Innovation, University College London 'This is BRILLIANT!' - Sharla-Jaye Duncan, founder TheIntrapreneurs Club 'We are standing on the edge of an industrial revolution sogreat in all aspects; in energy, in transport, in food and farming and withinsociety itself, that one hundred years from now they will describe this momentas a liberation .

This book is a powerful introduction to the way things wereand the way things can be. Keep it by your bed.' - Tim Smit, founder of TheEden Project.