EPISODE 4
One of the world’s leading environmentalists, Bill McKibben is working on winning the climate fight
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Bill McKibben is a writer, environmental advocate, and activist. He helped establish 350.org, a global climate campaign active in 188 countries, where he serves as a Senior Advisor. In 1988, he published The End of Nature, the first book aimed at a general audience addressing the issue of global warming.
“Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It’s our reality.”
— Bill McKibben
Bio
Bill McKibben is a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate, democracy, and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014 he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel,’ in the Swedish Parliament. He’s also won the Gandhi Peace Award, and honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written over a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989. His most recently released book is The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.
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