Bill McKibben

Fellow, Climate, Ecology & Economy

Climate, Ecology, Economics

Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including The End of Nature (1989), the first book for a general audience on climate change, and Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (2010). He is a founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 189 countries since 2009. He is a frequent contributor to various publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, and Outside. He is also a board member and contributor to Grist Magazine.

A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, Bill holds honorary degrees from a dozen colleges. In 2011 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

videos

Ask Bill McKibben Anything: What do you say to skeptics of climate change?

length: 3:00   credit: The Daily Beast   Dec 14, 2012

A reader asks Bill McKibben: What do you say to skeptics of climate change?

See answers from Bill to other questions including - "Is it too late to adequately prevent climate change?", and "How would you prepare your children and grandchildren for a worst-case scenario?".

audio

This American Life: Hot in my backyard

length: 18:00   credit: This American Life   May 28, 2013

Host Ira Glass tells the story of writer turned activist Bill McKibben. McKibben is trying to reinvent progressive politics when it come to climate change. He’s attempting to create a divestment campaign modeled after the successful campaign against apartheid in South Africa. The campaign is designed recast the discussion of climate change with fossil fuel companies as the villains.

This is Part 3 of the programme. Listen to Parts 1 and 2 here.

Latest Publications

November is going to be big

Bill McKibben    Nov 09, 2012   

Dear friends, You might have noticed we’ve been a bit quiet with emails of late, but off email our movement is anything but quiet -- and things are about to get a whole lot louder. So much so, that I wanted to … >>

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the “Stonewall” of the Climate Movement?

Bill McKibben    Apr 08, 2013   

It was certainly joyful to see marriage equality being considered by our top judicial body.  In some ways, however, the most depressing spectacle of the week was watching Democratic leaders decide that, in 2013, it was … >>

The ENERGY Reader

Bill McKibben

Edited by Tom Butler, Daniel Lerch, and George Wuerthner.  What magic, or monster, lurks behind the light switch and the gas pump? Where does the seemingly limitless energy that fuels modern society come from? From … >>

press coverage

McKibben in the Guardian on Australian coal

Bill McKibben  

Post Carbon fellow Bill McKibben's view that there is growing momentum behind the anti coal movement in Australia was reported in The Guardian. From the article: “People were more fired up in Australia than I … >>