Presents the stories of 28 people who are standing up and taking action for a better world. This book features interviews with individuals working on various scales - from global and national to local and grassroots levels - to describe how and why they are bringing positive change. Each interview is presented as a first-person narrative.

Be The Change" includes: social justice and water rights advocate Maude Barlow; peace campaigners Scilla Elworthy and Gill Hicks; holistic education pioneer Satish Kumar; Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai; sustainable development leader Jonathon Porritt; guerrilla gardener Richard Reynolds; radical environmentalist Vandana Shiva; civil rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith; global fundraiser Lynne Twist; and barrister/clown activist Jo Wilding.