Welcome

We all hear discouraging news about threats and damage to the environment, human rights, etc., but usually very little about the many people and organizations worldwide who are responding and often finding solutions. You'll find many of these stories here. Issues addressed include peace, social justice, environmental concerns, ethnic conflict, corporate abuses, preservation of our biological and cultural heritage, and related areas.

This collection of over 1,000 stories is intended to provide:

• a source of information
• a source of encouragement
• A reminder that you are not struggling alone and that it is not hopeless

Included with the successes are also partial or temporary successes, promising but incomplete efforts, and failed efforts that are worth a second look.

To allow easy access from older computers and slow phone lines, we made this site very simple - no graphics or photos.

For several years, DBSST has operated on a shoestring - but now the shoestring is in danger of wearing out. The main cost is website maintenance and processing new case histories. There is now a large backlog of success stories that are waiting to be processed. The cost is not great, but is more than we have. To keep dbsst.org up to date and working well, we need about $3,000, and we have to reluctantly ask for support from you.

So, if you are using this site and find it valuable, please consider making a donation. We promise your funds will be put to very good use. Use the donation button below, or send a check to:

MFP, PO Box 1233, Nederland, CO 80466 (USA).

and put a note on the check: DBSST. If you have questions, please email us at

ardenbuck@gmail.com.

Thank you!!

Arden Buck, creator and manager of dbsst.org.

TRY BROWSING! These actions can often be applied to different situations. For instance, a strategy for protecting the environment might also be useful for protecting human rights. To find other valuable strategies and tactics, it may be helpful to randomly browse through the database, or to look at the "Editor's Choice" cases.

Please keep in mind that there are many factors that make for success or failure in a given situation, and that everything contains the seeds of its opposite. No success or failure is ever complete or permanent.

Your comments, corrections, and new success stories will directly help others around the world who are struggling with similar problems.  We want to make this project as useful as possible. We ask for the following:

• How useful is this for you? Are there parts that are particularly useful, or parts that are difficult? Is the language ok for those of you who are not fluent in English? Any advice on making it better?
• If you find a case that needs to be corrected or updated, please let us know by using the "Feedback, this Case" link on the case page.
• Please send us more stories of successful efforts, using the "Feedback" button at the top of every page. Just a simple text describing the story will be enough for us to work with.
• Let us know of any strategies that you think should be added to the "selected" list.