Internationally renowned Unitarian author and food activist Frances Moore Lappé, known to many UUs for her ground-breaking book Diet for a Small Planet, is visiting Canada on a two-city speaking tour organized by USC Canada: January 31st in Toronto, and February 1st in Ottawa.

The tour focuses on the ideas in Lappé’s new book, EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want. The cost is just $10 + HST. Tickets are likely to sell out quickly, so booking early is encouraged. They can be bought on-line for both the Toronto and Ottawa events.

Lappé has been an active Unitarian since her early childhood. In her book Getting a Grip 2, she writes: “I was that little girl in Texas who as a preschooler came home from my friend’s Sunday school asking my parents, ‘What does ‘hellfire and brimstone’ mean?’ They quickly decided it meant they should found a Unitarian Church.” And they did.

She has written or co-authored fifteen books, received 17 honorary degrees, and is co-founder of Food First, the American News Service, and the Small Planet Institute. She attends First Unitarian Church in Belmont, Massachusetts.

This 4-minute video introduces Lappé and her work.