WHY HOURBOOKS? WHY NOW?
Imagine this: One hour can transform the way you see the planet’s future.
That’s the mission of Hourbooks—distilling essential, timely ideas into books you can read in an hour.
Topics for future books include Bioregionalism, Public Banking, Public Trust Doctrine and Community Land Trust.
We are alive in a critical time. The good news is that a new worldview is dawning just as we face urgent challenges to life on Earth. It is a quantum leap from the false belief in separation to knowing that everything exists in relationship. This shift offers real hope—rooted in leading science and the wisdom of the world spiritual traditions.
We believe that this crisis is an opportunity for profound awakening, a time to reshape our human systems in alignment with how living systems actually work. True transformation begins with informed, engaged communities, and books remain the ultimate means for education and change.
We aim to catalyze a broad awakening by delivering millions of printed books directly into the hands, minds, and hearts of strategic readers—not as commodities but as gifts.
HOW WILL WE DO IT?
A RIVER OF GIVING RUNS THROUGH IT
And the current is care, commitment, and connection
How do we get through all the noise and division and disinformation? Trust is at an all-time low, and we are deluged with information and ads.
Receiving a printed book as a gift from a trusted source captures our attention in a way nothing else does. And when we read in print, we engage more deeply—we truly do.
How do we reach a tipping point? We work with our partners to find sponsors who will fund the books as gifts to strategic networks and audiences such as community groups, policy makers at all levels, universities, libraries, and more.
Then what? Everyone who receives a book as a gift is invited to pay it forward by giving books to their family and friends, book club, city council, League of Women Voters, Chamber of Commerce, church, synagogue or mosque, etc.
The world can’t wait. The knowledge we need exists. What’s missing is widespread understanding and action. Hourbooks bridges this gap, empowering you to make a difference today.