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When people asked me, what can one person do? I used to answer, stop being one person. Now I will tell them to read Shoulder to Shoulder, Evelyn Hess's powerful demonstration that what we can't do alone, we can often do together. I can't think of a more important message for our discordant times. Her stories of real-life collaborations are not only moving accounts of the hope and heartache of working across differences toward common goals, they are practical templates for change. Above all, they are stories of the joys and accomplishments that come when people resolve to create a common path forward. Evelyn Hess is a treasure.--Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Earth's Wild Music Evelyn Hess' book is a resounding endorsement of cooperation and everyone working to do the right thing. Shoulder to Shoulder identifies and documents what we, as individual citizens, need to do to preserve our existence on this planet. We all have a part to play and each of us has the power to make a difference. Hess has laid out how we can all contribute to the next generation. She has made a powerful argument and we all need to pay attention! The only way this works is with cooperation with all of the stakeholders. We all need to communicate and work together. We've got this!--Lois F. Merkler, College of Southern Nevada Evelyn Hess tells stories of intention, commitment, learning, and success. The activists and eco-pioneers she interviews have pursued a variety of strategies, but they share one goal: a world in which human beings live in balance and harmony with the rest of life, and with one another. If there is hope to be found in these troubled times, it is in the life lessons of people like these.--Richard Heinberg, senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute In a series of vivid stories, Evelyn Hess scales up from her two previous memoirs of sustainable living to consider larger regional and planetary social and environmental predicaments and enlightened processes for policy-making. Hess's approach here is fact-based, her message urgent and inspiring. Shoulder to Shoulder offers a powerful call-to-action to those who would undertake the difficult, visionary work of community-building.--Scott Slovic, University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Humanities, University of Idaho Sometimes in our despair at the world we forget just how many good people there are, working to make a difference. These powerful stories will inspire you to stay the course--or to get off the sidelines!--Bill McKibben, author Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?

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Evelyn Searle Hess is the author of two previous books, including To the Woods: Sinking Roots, Living Lightly and Finding True Home which won the Women Writing the West 2011 WILLA for creative non-fiction. Her other book Building a Better Nest: living lightly at home and in the world, OSU made Oregon’s Multnomah County Library’s Best Books list for 2015 and the short list for Best Indie Environmental non-fiction 2015.

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