her most recent work, released september 2011 is "ecomind" teefifteeteefiftee n. jane goodall called the book darfur in expiring. "ecomind" will open your eyes and change your thinking i want everybody to read it. other books include getting a grip, and getting a grip ii. hopes edge. democracies edge. you have the power. her books have been translated into 15 languages and use dinner university courses and her influence is so great it is impossible to measure. we're happy to have her here tonight. frances moore lappe. [applause] >> thank you so very much. thank you to the odyssey bookstore especially the students i have the pleasure of meeting via skype just a few days ago and fired me up. thank you for being here tonight. i would like to begin my talk with the words from d. hawke the says things are far too bad for pessimism. that is the spirit of "ecomind" that is the spirit i try to maintain when i get up in the morning. i would like to begin the journey that brought me here on this treacherous drive from boston actually began 40 years ago when i sat at the uc-berkeley agri