Winds of Change: - a revolution of dandelions and democracy -

Dandelion Trilogy - The people will rise #3

by Rivera Sun

The clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing!With the planet in peril and people struggling to survive, it's all hands on deck for the Dandelion Insurrection.As natural - and human-made - disasters strike, the dandelions organize creative solutions all across the people-powered relief efforts, mutual aid groups, cooperative programs, community-wide potlucks, tool sharing, resilience plans, and more. Zadie Byrd Gray and Charlie Rider crisscross the United States, tracking down these hopeful and inspiring stories. Before long, a powerful shift starts growing in this fertile soil of love and resistance. Fed up with the lack of compassion in the halls of power, the dandelions launch real democracy projects in neighborhoods and communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, social clubs, and beyond. But as ordinary people solve their problems without politicians, the rich and powerful fight back. The wealthy plot to thwart them. The corporations try to stall them. The politicians race to block them. When a megachurch preacher launches a doomsday mission to stop them, the Dandelion Insurrection faces a choice that threatens everything they stand for. Winds of Change is a story like no other, a tale of resistance and resilience, hopeful and eerie all at once. The living Earth rises up for justice. The debts of the past come due. Teens and elders alike rebel for life and the future. With courage and love, the Dandelion Insurrection must navigate fires and floods to rise from the ashes and bloom in the wreckage. But they must act swiftly, for the clock is ticking . . . and the winds of change are blowing! Hopeful. Visionary. Inspiring. This is the story you've been waiting for - a story that speaks straight to the heart of these wild times we're living through.Each novel in the Dandelion Trilogy is a stand-alone story. They can be enjoyed in any order, but you'll want to read them all! Pick up your trilogy today! Also, don't miss the accompanying Dandelion Insurrection Study Guide - making change through nonviolent action and Rise & Resist, the collection of fiery essays that Charlie Rider writes to rally the people for change. Welcome to the Dandelion Insurrection! Praise For Winds of Change

"…non-stop action and a cavalcade of exciting ideas for transforming society." - Burt Kempner, author and filmmaker

"Winds of Change awakens you to the individual and collective power of participatory democracy. It’s brilliant, elegant, and utterly simple. We just need to show up." - Natasha Léger, Executive Director, Citizens for a Healthy Community

"Winds of Change makes it look not-so-hard to live a life dedicated to meaningful community action and change!" - Seán P. Duffy, Executive Director, Albert Schweitzer Institute, Quinnipiac University

"Eloquent, visionary and accessible …energizes and expands…" - Susie Beiersdorfer, National Community Rights Network

"While set in a ‘time that looms around the corner of today’, this book is filled with detailed descriptions of tools and strategies my students can use here and now." – Dr.

370 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 15, 2021

About the author

Author/Activist Rivera Sun has written numerous books and novels, including The Dandelion Insurrection and the award-winning Ari Ara Series. She is the editor of Nonviolence News and the Program Coordinator for Campaign Nonviolence. Her articles are syndicated by Peace Voice and published in hundreds of journals nationwide. Rivera Sun serves on the board of Backbone Campaign and the advisory board of World BEYOND War. She lives on her family's organic farm in Maine.

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Reviews

[Beth Farmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the integration of social justice and democratic principles in a fictional story. Great format for educating possibly and progressive values.

[Salena · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed the final book of the trilogy. So many books and articles explain what is wrong and why, but never offer any solutions. Rivera Sun lays out all the ways direct democracy, actions, and creative solutions can, and do, work.

[Jessica Fay · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a great ending to a pretty good series. I enjoyed reading this book a little bit better then the other two.

[Thingum Rob · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great read

A fitting end to the trilogy.
I hung on every word because the author weaves them so well.
Such wonderful descriptive sentences inside!
And then.there's the story,the facts,the revolution and all without a shot fired or a punch thrown.