The Armchair Activist's Handbook: How to Change the World from the Comfort of Your Own Home

Would you change the world if only you knew how? Do you dream of doing more than signing online petitions but dont want to camp out on a pavement to prove a point? Are you frustrated because youre not making a difference but dont want to turn your life upside down in the name of action? Then this is the book for you. THE ARMCHAIR ACTIVISTS HANDBOOK will help you find easy and fun ways to make the world a better place. Funny honest and above all inspirational this book will show how even the tiniest changes to your habits can have a positive impact whether its to do with what you eat how you dress how you travel or even how you bank. Because if you stick with those changes for the long term then you can help make great things happen. Ruth Stokes felt the same anger as people who went to extreme lengths for their causes but she did not have the time or the inclination to go as far as they did. And so she set out on a quest to find ways to make a difference which would fit into her life rather than taking it over. The result of her journey is THE ARMCHAIR ACTIVISTS HANDBOOK Ruths account of discovering how she could change the world without getting dirty and cold without getting a criminal record and without hurting herself or anyone else. In the process she got involved with a web of hidden organisations projects and people making a genuine difference in ways she never knew existed.