Michael Norton is a social entrepreneur who creates projects that provide innovative approaches to solving problems in society and the world. He has created village libraries in Asia, helped develop an international network of crisis helplines for children, developed projects which promote financial literacy for young people, mental well-being of adolescents, collecting and cooking surplus food, environmental awareness and action, and much more. He is a professor at the China Global Philanthropy Institute in Shenzhen, winner of the 2014 UK Charity Award for lifetime achievement and was awarded an OBE in 1998 for services to the voluntary sector.

'This book gives you all the information anyone could want about the state of the world and how to save it. Michael Norton's gripping read, filled with a wealth of facts, will arm you in any discussion, teenagers and adult alike who want to make the case for rescuing the planet. This will give you hope for what can still be done, if we all act now' Polly Toynbee, Guardian