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Bill McKibben, scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, is an American environmentalist and writer. He is the author of twelve books, including The End of Nature (1989), the first book for a general audience about global warming, and, most recently, Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2007), which addresses what the he sees as shortcomings of the growth economy and envisions a transition to more local-scale enterprise. His latest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet explores what it means to live on a planet we’ve changed fundamentally.
Bill 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. Bill's 350.org Day of Action on October 24, 2009, was the largest environmental action in history.
In a late evening interview, Naomi Klein of The Nation and PCI Fellow Bill McKibben of 350.org react to President Obama's Copenhagen speeches from earlier in the day. UN Climate Change Conference. Copenhagen. December 18, 2009. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Bill McKibben, author, educator, and founder of the environmental activist group 350.org, discusses how and why a controversy over climate change even exist. Read related article here.
Dear Friends, Well, no one said it was going to be easy. Last year, thanks to many of you, we built up enormous momentum for climate solutions. The global day of rallies you pulled off on October 24th turned out to … >>
[Excerpt] When Michael Wood-Lewis and his wife, Valerie, moved from Washington, D.C., to the south end of Burlington, Vermont, in 1998, "we'd landed in what we thought was our dream neighborhood. It was walkable, near the … >>
Post Carbon Fellows Rob Hopkins and Bill McKibben are both quoted in this feature on the Transition movement in Miller McCune. From the article: The movement is driven by one simple idea: Rather than hand-wringing and … >>
Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg talks with Lester Brown, Founder of the Earth Policy Institute.
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