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Praise for The One Idea That Saves The World
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“This message of unity certainly reflects both the science around climate change and the movement we must build to challenge it!" ~ Bill McKibben, founder 350.org
“A powerful truth and a heartfelt vision of hope that just may galvanize the world to do what needs to be done to save itself.” ~ World Business Academy
“A spirited message of how we as human beings can become conscious of
living in balance and harmony - the TIME IS NOW.”
~ Mona Polacca, member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
“The future of a habitable planet requires a significant shift from the status quo. Inertia and time are unified against us.
Laurence Overmire has written a direct, simple, and compelling call to conscience. I hope people hear it.”
~ Aaron Viles, chair of the board of directors of Healthy Gulf, formerly Gulf Restoration Network
“This poet rightly yells Fire in our crowded house—the hour is late and the world needs rousing.
Kudos for caring, daring, and acting on it. Firefighters needed!”
Raffi Cavoukian, singer, author, children's champion, ecology advocate, founder of Child Honouring
“A thoughtful commentary on the biggest issue of our day - the survival of humankind.”
Thom Hartmann, radio/TV and bestselling author
“Overmire had me on page 12 when he wrote that this book was about wisdom… which translates into ‘immediate personal action’… he has really created a teaching vehicle... a very worthy work.”
Rt. Rev. George E. Packard, retired US Army officer, Bishop of the Episcopal Church
“The One Idea That Saves The World is a call for action and a call for unity at a time when our political reality needs it most. Overmire is frank and unflinching in his assessment of the source of our cultural and political division and the ramifications if such division persists. He delivers a sober message on the collective state of human governance in prose, poetry and narrative familiar to us all. But despite all this, Overmire succeeds in ultimately providing a vision of hope and a promise that our efforts in coming together for the benefit of all humankind will be rewarded.”
Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Vice President, Executive Editor, Rewire.News
“Overmire points to the need for ‘immediate personal action’ by each and every individual… The book will energize those who comprehend the challenges we are facing, and hopefully awaken others who are not yet aware, are afraid to take action, or think it is someone else’s problem.”
Marcia G. Yerman, writer, artist, co-founder of CultureID
“One Idea is a wise concept of how we, as individuals, can rise to the enormous challenges we face. It is a roadmap of what we need to do to educate ourselves about these issues and how to take action to fix them. This is a must read for everyone.”
Adele Douglass, Founder and Executive Director, Humane Farm Animal Care
“The One Idea That Saves The World is, not surprisingly, both incredibly simple and incredibly profound. It takes a poet to present profound simplicity in language that touches the rhythms of the heart. That poet is Laurence Overmire, and his poetic message is to us a Call to Conscience and a Call to Action, one that will resonate with all the peoples and the rhythms of the planet.”
John Lundin, author, The New Mandala: Eastern Wisdom for Western Living, written with the Dalai Lama; and
Journey To The Heart Of The World, written with the indigenous peoples of Colombia
“Overmire takes a stark, uncompromising look at the fractured state of our world today. He pins the cause of our collective predicament on greed, hatred, and delusion and illustrates how our many institutions have succumbed to what the Buddha called the three fires... This is The One Idea that will extinguish the fire, and Overmire offers an array of examples of how to go about the task.”
Paul Gerhards, author, Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide
to the Middle Way of the Buddha
“This is an urgent message for today, a dream and vision grounded in pressing realities. These realities demand that individuals reconsider who we are and choose to become part of our greater oneness, a new power that will take on the urgent task of saving ourselves and our planet for the future.”
Timothy Collins, former Assistant Director, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs and proprietor, Then & Now Media
“At a time when so many have surrendered to cynicism or despair, Overmire throws us a life ring. Drawing upon the wisdom of all ages, his One Idea challenges us to find our collective strength to save life as we know it. This book is fun and easy to read for a wide array of ages.”
Rev. Kate Lore, Unitarian Universalist minister
“Once in a great while a book comes along that contains all the ingredients needed to explain everything important in your life you know to be true but simply never came to you as a single idea that expressed the desires you always had to understand the meaning of life. The One Idea That Saves The World is such a book! It is an outline of what Hope looks like... A jewel of a little book to treasure and read over and over again until you cannot help but share its message. An absolute must read!”
Vance Carruth, author, photographer, educator, environmentalist
Find out more at TheOneIdeaThatSavesTheWorld.com
“A powerful truth and a heartfelt vision of hope that just may galvanize the world to do what needs to be done to save itself.” ~ World Business Academy
“A spirited message of how we as human beings can become conscious of
living in balance and harmony - the TIME IS NOW.”
~ Mona Polacca, member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
“The future of a habitable planet requires a significant shift from the status quo. Inertia and time are unified against us.
Laurence Overmire has written a direct, simple, and compelling call to conscience. I hope people hear it.”
~ Aaron Viles, chair of the board of directors of Healthy Gulf, formerly Gulf Restoration Network
“This poet rightly yells Fire in our crowded house—the hour is late and the world needs rousing.
Kudos for caring, daring, and acting on it. Firefighters needed!”
Raffi Cavoukian, singer, author, children's champion, ecology advocate, founder of Child Honouring
“A thoughtful commentary on the biggest issue of our day - the survival of humankind.”
Thom Hartmann, radio/TV and bestselling author
“Overmire had me on page 12 when he wrote that this book was about wisdom… which translates into ‘immediate personal action’… he has really created a teaching vehicle... a very worthy work.”
Rt. Rev. George E. Packard, retired US Army officer, Bishop of the Episcopal Church
“The One Idea That Saves The World is a call for action and a call for unity at a time when our political reality needs it most. Overmire is frank and unflinching in his assessment of the source of our cultural and political division and the ramifications if such division persists. He delivers a sober message on the collective state of human governance in prose, poetry and narrative familiar to us all. But despite all this, Overmire succeeds in ultimately providing a vision of hope and a promise that our efforts in coming together for the benefit of all humankind will be rewarded.”
Jessica Mason Pieklo, Senior Vice President, Executive Editor, Rewire.News
“Overmire points to the need for ‘immediate personal action’ by each and every individual… The book will energize those who comprehend the challenges we are facing, and hopefully awaken others who are not yet aware, are afraid to take action, or think it is someone else’s problem.”
Marcia G. Yerman, writer, artist, co-founder of CultureID
“One Idea is a wise concept of how we, as individuals, can rise to the enormous challenges we face. It is a roadmap of what we need to do to educate ourselves about these issues and how to take action to fix them. This is a must read for everyone.”
Adele Douglass, Founder and Executive Director, Humane Farm Animal Care
“The One Idea That Saves The World is, not surprisingly, both incredibly simple and incredibly profound. It takes a poet to present profound simplicity in language that touches the rhythms of the heart. That poet is Laurence Overmire, and his poetic message is to us a Call to Conscience and a Call to Action, one that will resonate with all the peoples and the rhythms of the planet.”
John Lundin, author, The New Mandala: Eastern Wisdom for Western Living, written with the Dalai Lama; and
Journey To The Heart Of The World, written with the indigenous peoples of Colombia
“Overmire takes a stark, uncompromising look at the fractured state of our world today. He pins the cause of our collective predicament on greed, hatred, and delusion and illustrates how our many institutions have succumbed to what the Buddha called the three fires... This is The One Idea that will extinguish the fire, and Overmire offers an array of examples of how to go about the task.”
Paul Gerhards, author, Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide
to the Middle Way of the Buddha
“This is an urgent message for today, a dream and vision grounded in pressing realities. These realities demand that individuals reconsider who we are and choose to become part of our greater oneness, a new power that will take on the urgent task of saving ourselves and our planet for the future.”
Timothy Collins, former Assistant Director, Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs and proprietor, Then & Now Media
“At a time when so many have surrendered to cynicism or despair, Overmire throws us a life ring. Drawing upon the wisdom of all ages, his One Idea challenges us to find our collective strength to save life as we know it. This book is fun and easy to read for a wide array of ages.”
Rev. Kate Lore, Unitarian Universalist minister
“Once in a great while a book comes along that contains all the ingredients needed to explain everything important in your life you know to be true but simply never came to you as a single idea that expressed the desires you always had to understand the meaning of life. The One Idea That Saves The World is such a book! It is an outline of what Hope looks like... A jewel of a little book to treasure and read over and over again until you cannot help but share its message. An absolute must read!”
Vance Carruth, author, photographer, educator, environmentalist
Find out more at TheOneIdeaThatSavesTheWorld.com