There is lit about what organizers — what you're discussing — face. It's not easy, when this requires you to be in antagonism with others. Many of us are obviously concerned about the threats to their species, but there's powerful antagonistic forces.

Take Graeber's recent book "The Democracy Project". It's quite an entertaining first-person view on what that entails. (http://gawker.com/5994421/a-discussion-with-anarchist-activi...)

In contrast, elite-led environmental efforts often fall for the dismal traps Naomi Klein mentions: (http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/nao...).