My personal energy for writing Evergreen: A Space-Time Odyssey is not only to write compelling and memorable fiction but also to write fiction which, by design, compels sufficient, civil energy to create and sustain needed social change. Through an original, organic, sociological odyssey about an ill-fated, far-away world with dark parallels to our own, Evergreen is conceived to accomplish vicariously what others try to achieve by preaching or legislating (or both). Solutions played out are designed to stretch the minds of our next generation of movers and shakers and have them ask, “Why can't we do that? Okay, some of that.” So, after twenty-five years of engaging bright but vexed college students in classroom dialogue about matters of social injustice and, at a time when a desperate America cries out for a reigning ethos of civility, mutual respect and forward thinking, Evergreen is written to give expression to these concerns. The birth of Gaia represents the birth of civility's reign – an allegory on dominion that starts in the book's preface with a sonnet aptly titled “Dominion.”
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After reading Evergreen, in your own words, what are the possibilities for change you believe I seek as an applied sociologist? Click here to read several examples provided by former students. Once you register and sign in to Savage Planet (click FOLLOW at the bottom of this page) to respond to this question, be sure to be as specific as you can.