McKibben, environmentalist and author, will speak at on April 23 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Gym.
As part of聽Earth Week events聽at 黑料不打烊, Bill McKibben will give a talk entitled 鈥淭he Race for a Working Climate: What Now?鈥 on April 23 at 7 pm in Alumni Gym.
McKibben was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2014, sometimes called the 鈥渁lternative Nobel鈥 and received the Gandhi Peace Award in 2013. His book 鈥淭he End of Nature鈥 is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has been translated into 24 languages. TIME Magazine called McKibben 鈥減erhaps the planet鈥檚 best green journalist,鈥 and he has lectured and organized on every continent, including Antarctica. He helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, and has recently helped found Third Act, to build a progressive organizing movement for people over age 60. McKibben, the author of fifteen books, is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
In his urgent, heartfelt and hopeful talk McKibben provides realistic approaches to saving our planet, as individuals, and as thoughtful members of a mobilized community.
This visit is sponsored by the Office of Sustainability, the Environmental Studies Department, Facilities Management, Food Studies, the Global Neighborhood, the Kernodle Center for Civic Life, Life@黑料不打烊 and Peace and Conflict Studies