Fresh from the intellectual stimulation this weekend of the Left Forum in Manhattan where I attended talks by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy and Joel Kovel, I’ve decided to lay on the line that I’ve starting writing two books, one with Rupert Read, a philosophy reader at the University of East Anglia and a Green Party councillor in Norwich.

Eco-socialist Joel Kovel at the Left Forum

Eco-socialist Joel Kovel at the Left Forum

Mine and Rupert’s book – in which publishers have already expressed an interest – will be an extrapolation of what we have started on the Green Words Workshop and will include the latest research about how to popularise and “reframe” green political messages. The other book will be a solo self-published project probably to be called 50 Things Greens Do That Work, and has been inspired by my meeting greens from the US. It’ll be a compendium of best practice from both sides of the Atlantic: how to campaign, organise and succeed as a green (something that greens could always clearly use more of). And as I travel in the US I’m going to be asking greens what their best tips for success are. Watch this space!