Defying Poverty with Bicycles
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (704 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985988908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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J. M. Simpson said Useful manual; fascinating read. Sue Knaup, Executive Director of One Street, the international organization that supports and advises leaders of social justice and bicycle advocacy organizations has written the definitive manual for anyone involved in or planning to start an organization to help alleviate poverty and social injustice. While the book focuses on advising leaders of social bike businesses, it contains a wealth of information useful to a. TomBert said Thumbs up - it's a comprehensive guideline for an idea whose time has come. The author, Sue Knaup, has done an excellent job of laying out guidelines on how to implement an extraordinary idea: a social bike business. Sue draws on her decades of work leading the Thunderhead Alliance, the preeminent national bike advocacy organization, starting and leading the non-profit One Street, and extensive environmental advocacy. Her experience traveling to and developing social bike businesses in Africa . stuart shell said Visionary and Realistic - for Today. Sue Knaup has summarized her extensive experience from the bicycle industry and social justice arenas in this how-to manual. The book outlines in detail the tactics for success with a long-term community empowerment project centered on the bicycle. As a technology that emerged less than 150 years ago, bicycles have already spread to every corner of the world, indicating a compelling synergy with our innate locomotive c
Finally, she tapped her more than 35 years working for and leading nonprofits to found One Street where nonprofit and business leaders come together to help people with bicycles.. It does an excellent job of presenting these harmful trends while sticking to the how-to steps of launching one of these programs to counteract them." - Dr. I especially like the way it addresses Social Bike Business as a means for directly opposing globalization, outsourcing, redlining, bias, discrimination and mass marketing for consumerism. She later opened her own bike shop, which she ran for 13 years. It's really going to be an awesome resource for this new type of business!" - Stuart Shell, AIA, Community Bike Project Omaha, Nebraska, USA "I only wish I had had Defying Poverty with Bicycles at my disposal eight years ago! The writing style is very clear, concise and accessible. Defying Poverty with Bicycles lays out all the necessary steps for providing durable, affordable transportation bicycles and n