Walk Out Walk On
A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now

The focus of this book is to consider solving community problems by using a community group to get together to solve those problems, not waiting for a government solution. One example early on is the use of a bicycle to power a blender. In the story, a group has figured out a way to do this well, bu......more

The book is a well-written and insightful journey to Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Greece and the United States. Although that sounds quite big, the focus is on particular locales in each of these countries. The book shows how communities in “. . . the face of hunger, poverty, ill h......more

The book left me feeling very hopeful. That despite having authoritarian or failing governments, positive change was possible at community levels. I feel empowered knowing people are capable of finding solutions to problems on their own. It's a great book for anyone working on the field of developme......more

9.14.2012 One friend is increasingly bored and dissatisfied with her Christian Sunday church services. Another left her job of teaching 175 high school students a year in the public school system to volunteer for three months teaching in the Palestinian West Bank. She’s now happily using her foreign l......more

Ignore the tone if it annoys you--focus on the transformative work being done by communities all over the world to respond to community needs in inclusive, sustainable ways. The least satisfying chapter was the one about the US--without concrete details about how the hosting process works (yes, I un......more