Rise & Resist

How to Change the World

Clare Press
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Rise & Resist

Published

1 October 2018

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9780522873740

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Melbourne University Press

Rise & Resist

How to Change the World

Clare Press
The revolution has arrived: get ready
Rise & Resisttakes a wild trip through the new activism sweeping the world. The political march is back in a big way, as communities rally to build movements for environmental and social justice. But today's context calls for increasingly creative strategies to make our voices heard. Crossing the globe, Clare Press meets passionate change-makers who believe in the power of the positive. From eco warriors and zero wasters to knitting nannas, introvert craftivists to intersectional feminists, they're all up for a revolution of sorts. Are you? Join Press as she tracks the formation of a new counterculture, united by a grand purpose: to rethink how we live today to build a more sustainable tomorrow.
Rise & Resisttakes a wild trip through the new activism sweeping the world. The political march is back in a big way, as communities rally to build movements for environmental and social justice. But today's context calls for increasingly creative strategies to make our voices heard. Crossing the globe, Clare Press meets passionate change-makers who believe in the power of the positive. From eco warriors and zero wasters to knitting nannas, introvert craftivists to intersectional feminists, they're all up for a revolution of sorts. Are you? Join Press as she tracks the formation of a new counterculture, united by a grand purpose: to rethink how we live today to build a more sustainable tomorrow.

Clare’s inspiring book will awaken the active citizen inside you.”
Livia Firth, Oxfam Global Ambassador and Founder of Eco-Age

Rise & Resist is the ideal handbook for the revolution. Clare Press has produced a thoroughly researched, engaging and exciting book, that will act as a template for the next phase of the current power-shift. ”
Tracey Spicer

Already known as a change-maker through her work in ethical fashion, Clare now tackles social justice​ and the climate movement in this elegantly crafted book. A necessary call to action on how we can reshape a more sustainable world.”
Katherine Keating, Publisher at VICE Impact

These pages offer badassery, wit, courage and humour. A timely reminder to us all that if we don’t like something, it’s up to each of us to get off our arses and do something about it —this is pure inspiration as to what that little ‘something’ might look like for you.”
Jess Miller, Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

A very important book.”
Tim Flannery

Climate science can be intimidating but Clare makes it easy to comprehend. Entertaining, educational and absorbing, Rise & Resist is a fantastic read.”
Laura Wells, model, activist and marine biologist

Clare Press

Clare Press

Clare Press is a writer, speaker and expert on sustainable and ethical fashion. A journalist for nearly two decades, she is Vogue Australia’s Sustainability Editor-at-Large (the first in the world). She is also a podcaster who spreads the word about responsible fashion, the environment and sustainable living via her Wardrobe Crisis platform

Her critically acclaimed book about the changing global fashion system and its effects on people and planet, Wardrobe Crisis, How We Went from

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