PREORDER: The Practical Guide to Building a Better World
By Mike Trapp
Published by Bread and Roses Press, 2025
344 pages, paperback
The Practical Guide to Building a Better World is just that: Mike Trapp's personal narrative framed as a skill-focused source of inspiration, skills, and techniques for the reader to identify, shape, and build their own agenda for change. The guide details how to make an impact through providing social services, social entrepreneurship, and running for office, as well as how to govern when you win and even how to organize a protest. The Practical Guide will serve as both a source of inspiration and a framework for change that the reader can utilize to live their best life and ensure that future generations have the same opportunity.
Praise for The Practical Guide to Building a Better World...
"Honest. Practical. Accessible. As a direct beneficiary of 4-A-Change's outreach, I can personally vouch for the effectiveness of Mike's approaches to creating change for the better. This book is a composite of wisdom found only through devotion to societal change from the bottom up. If you need inspiration, direction, or are just interested in what advocacy looks like, this book is one you don't want to miss." —Kasey Jordan, expert urban camper/future homeowner
"The Practical Guide to Building a Better World is a combination personal memoir and detailed manual for living a meaningful and impactful life. Mike Trapp's experiences are many and varied, and the lessons learned from them are important to us all. Dip into any page of this book and you'll find something useful to carry away." —Steve Wiegenstein, author of Land of Joys
