He began his activist career 15 years ago, when at eight-years-old he organized a petition drive at school that called for the dismissal of then Secretary of the Interior James Watt. At 13, he founded the Sierra Student Coalition, a student-run adjunct to the Sierra Club that today boasts 30,000 members. Today, he is the youngest Sierra Club president ever.

Act First, Apologize Later shares Werbach's thoughts on a wide array of subjects in such chapters as: "Ferns and Cougars -- Why We Need Nature" and "Eco-Thugs -- Profiles of Members of Congress Who Are in the Pockets of Polluters". Written with the passion and zeal that has already inspired hundreds of thousands of people, it is an important call to arms in a war America must not lose.