Small Planet Institute

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1 Founding and Mission
2 Books
3 People
4 Small Planet Fund
5 External Links

[edit] Founding and Mission

Small Planet Institute is a nonprofit organization founded by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé in 2001. Its mission is "to help define, articulate, and further an historic transition: a worldwide shift from the dominant, failing notion of democracy as a set of fixed institutions toward democracy understood as a way of life, a culture in which the values of inclusion, fairness and mutual accountability infuse all dimensions of public life." [1] This mission is carried out mainly through public outreach using books, articles, speeches, and other media.

[edit] Books

Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Tarcher/Penguin 2002)
You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear (Tarcher/Penguin 2003)
Democracy’s Edge: Choosing to Save our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life (Jossey-Bass 2006)
Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen (Tarcher/Penguin 2006)
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad (Small Planet Media 2007)

[edit] People

Frances Moore Lappé, founding principal
Anna Lappé, founding principal
Jess Wilson, editor and programs manager, Cambridge office
Richard Rowe, Senior Fellow
Abhaya Kaufman, programs manager, Brooklyn office
Carrie Wykoff, Small Planet Fund event coordinator

[edit] Small Planet Fund

The Small Planet Fund was started in 2002 by by Frances Moore Lappé and Anna Lappé. The mission of the fund is to support grassroots democracy movements worldwide which address the causes of hunger and poverty. The Fund is a project of RSF (formerly the Rudolf Steiner Foundation) and is overseen by Anna Lappé.[2]