Writer Frances Moore Lappe says there's a huge gap between the world we want and the world we actually live in. For example, it's common sense that children should not die for lack of sanitation and clean water. Yet thousands do, every day. Does this make any sense? Lappe says problems like these continue only because we go on believing there's nothing we can do to fix them. She calls for cooperation and enthusiasm from the ground up a 'living democracy' to overcome our sense of powerlessness. Frances Moore Lappe is the bestselling author of Diet for a Small Planet. Her newest book is Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad. She spoke at the Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle on October 27, 2007.
