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Send us a voice note Our guest is well-known author, journalist and environmentalist, Bill McKibben. His writing has appeared in countless publications like The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, and he has written many books over the last few decades. In this engaging interview, Bill shares insights on climate change, renewable energy, and the role of faith communities in fostering cultural and technological change. This conversation covers practical solutions, spiritual perspectives, and inspiring stories that motivate collective action for a sustainable future. This episode, cocreated by Circlewood and our partner organization A Rocha USA, is cohosted by James Amadon, executive director of Circlewood, and by Deb Rienstra, a writer, speaker, and professor who serves on A Rocha USA’s advisory board. Links Bill McKibben’s website Here Comes the Sun by Bill McKibben A Rocha USA Deb Rienstra’s website Earthkeepers Episode 85: Becoming Hope: Debra Rienstra on Her Book Refugia Faith The Vatican’s solar project Third Act: Harnessing generational power to safeguard our climate and democracy. 350.org: Fighting climate change for people and planet A Rocha USA: Ways to get involved TEND: Cultivating faith-based, creation-focused community Advocating for plug-in solar Key Topics The economic shift towards renewable energy The spiritual and cultural role in environmental change Practical steps for individuals and communities Keywords climate change, renewable energy, faith communities, cultural change, environmental activism, solar power, policy, spirituality, sustainability, environmental justice; Laudato Si, Pope Francis, Pope Leo, plug-in solar Find us on our website: Earthkeepers Support the Earthkeepers podcast Check out the Ecological Disciple

Bill McKibben began our conversation with a sentence most leaders would never volunteer: “I’ve been in some ways a manifest failure.” It was destabilizing to hear that from someone who has spent four decades doing everything in his power to address climate change. Not because I believe he failed. But because the sentence refuses comfort. It refuses the tidy arc in which history vindicates the early truth-tellers and we all feel relieved. Note: this is my reflection on a live interview with Bill McKibben and Blair Palese . For the firsthand conversation , please listen or watch the full interview on Substack , or find the audio on Spotify and Apple Podcasts (links below). This isn’t a transcript — it is how I am holding the ideas in the context of my research and work. This conversation builds on themes I raised earlier in What would you ask Bill McKibben? and in relation to Bill’s latest book Here Comes the Sun (2025), which reframes the climate moment now that technological solutions exist. The warnings were accurate. The science was right. The projections are materializing. And still. For decades, the climate fight operated under one central constraint: fossil fuels were known and cheap while renewables were uncertain and expensive. Most of the work was defensive — carbon taxes, green building standards, divestment, and otherwise raising the cost of destruction in indirect ways. Something has shifted. Solar and wind are now cheaper than fossil alternatives in most markets. Batteries scale. Texas installs renewables at a pace that defies ideology. Australia will soon give residents free electricity because solar has proliferated so rapidly. The solutions exist. In preparing for this conversation, Blair and I kept returning to what feels like a post-solutions phase. The moral terrain has changed. When solutions don’t exist, delay is unfortunate. When solutions do exist, delay is something else. It is tragic. Heartbreaking. Delay is no longer about technological immaturity. It is about time. And time, in this case, is melting ice, burning forests, rising seas, collapsing reefs, communities pushed into unlivable heat. Bill said something that will not leave me: “We’re going to win this fight. Whether we win it in time is a very different question.” That distinction is devastating. It is showing up with extra blood after the patient bleeds out. It is finding the epinephrine after your loved one has gone into shock. It is the nightmare where you run through molasses and arrive one second too late. We may win the economics and still lose the glaciers.We may win the argument and still lose whole cultures.We may build the future and still witness collapse. When he called himself a “manifest failure,” I heard something more precise. It is not the grief of defeat. It is the grief of avoidable, devastating delay. The tax of moral aliveness When I asked about the emotional cost of this work, Bill did not describe what I think of as burnout. He described consciousness. “To be morally alive in a world that’s being wounded at this pace is emotionally difficult.” If you are paying attention, it will hurt. We often treat climate grief — and changemaker grief more broadly — as pathology. Something to manage

Bill McKibben joins The Way Forward to explore the rapid rise of solar energy and China’s commanding role in the clean energy economy. Drawing from his latest book Here Comes the Sun , McKibben shares how the solar revolution is reshaping global dynamics — from the shift away from fossil fuels to the acceleration of decentralized power — and why local action still holds the key to a regenerative future. In this episode of The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations , environmental leader Bill McKibben reveals the remarkable—and largely untold—story behind the global solar energy boom. Drawing from his new book Here Comes the Sun , McKibben explains how solar has moved from the margins to become the world’s cheapest, fastest-growing energy source, reshaping geopolitics, economics, and the fight for a livable planet. We explore why the transition is accelerating so quickly, how China surged ahead in clean-energy manufacturing, what’s blocking progress in the U.S., and why decentralized energy strengthens both democracy and community resilience. McKibben makes a powerful case that the most impactful climate action isn’t individual—it’s collective organizing to change policy and scale solutions that match the crisis. This is a conversation about speed, possibility, and the decisive decade ahead—and why a sun-powered world is much closer than we think. Bill McKibben—author, journalist, and founder of 350.org and Third Act—is one of the world’s most influential climate voices. His new book, Here Comes the Sun , charts the extraordinary rise of solar power and what it means for the future. Themes Solar is exploding globally—faster than anyone expected. Renewables are now the cheapest energy on Earth. China is dominating clean-energy manufacturing. Batteries and virtual power plants are transforming the grid. Collective action—not individual consumption—is what shifts systems. UPCOMING LIVE EVENT THE CLIMATE CROSSROADS – December 2, Live Online A powerhouse panel with Bill McKibben, Dr. Rupert Read, and Brian McLaren, moderated by Dr. John Izzo as they explore what it will take to move from paralysis to action. Hosted by Elders Action Network, Elders Climate Action, and The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations , this 90-minute event blends moral clarity with practical hope. 🗓 December 2 8–9:30 AM PST | 11–12:30 PM EST | 4–5:30 PM GMT 📍 Hosted by Elders Action Network, Elders Climate Action & The Way Forward Podcast 🔗 Register here: https://shorturl.at/hNYKg Also visit and register at our Sutra to have an interactive experience with our 3 guests. Climate Crossroads Sutra The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations is hosted by Dr. John Izzo & Alain Gauthier and produced by Jim Burke. 📺 Watch on [YouTube] https:// www.youtube.com/@thewayforwardrc | 🎧 Listen on [Apple Podcasts] podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-way-forward-regenerative-conversations/id1651941803 | 🌍 Connect with us: [Website] https://wayforwardpodcast.com/ 🌿 Special Thanks to Our Sponsors This episode of The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations is made possible through the generous support of Elders Action Network (E

What if climate policy can’t survive voters, courts, and NIMBYs? Bill McKibben is a pioneering climate writer and activist whose books and campaigns helped mainstream the case for rapidly replacing fossil fuels with clean energy. On today's episode, McKibben and host, Jerusalem Demsas, argue about the politics and economics of climate and discuss his new book Here Comes The Sun. McKibben's case: sun, wind, and batteries are now the cheapest new power on earth and China is sprinting ahead while America stalls. But Demsas is skeptical about McKibben's political strategy, particularly when it comes to the very live fight in Congress over permitting reform. They get into: Messaging that wins (“energy” vs. “climate”) The politics of transmission Carbon capture: necessary for industry or a costly detour? Why climate activists are hostile to technological progress The global picture: balcony solar in Utah, village microgrids in Africa, and cheap panels vs. imported fuels The Argument is a podcast dedicated to honest, unflinching debate about the biggest questions facing democracy, culture, and our future. As the host, Jerusalem Demsas brings together voices across the political spectrum to argue, challenge, and persuade. Each episode is a space where disagreements are confronted directly, with clarity and conviction, rather than hidden or shouted down. We want to hear from you! If you liked the episode, disagreed with it, or have a guest or episode suggestion, reach out at jerusalem@theargumentmag.com . For a full-length, ad-free version of our podcast, you can become a paid subscriber . You can watch the full version with ads for free by subscribing to our YouTube channel here . The audio version is also available wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts The Argument podcast with Jerusalem Demsas is available wherever you get podcasts. New shows drop every Monday. If you like the show, leave a comment and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Articles, studies, and posts referenced in the episode can be found on our website at https://www.theargumentmag.com/s/the-argument-podcast Support the Show: Get a full transcript, show notes, and an ad-free version: TheArgumentMag.com New episodes every Thursday—subscribe so you never miss a debate! The Argument is produced by Justin Zuckerman, fact-checked by Eli Richman, with music by Breakmaster Cylinder and art by Ben Tousley.

In only an hour and a half, enough solar energy reaches Earth to power the entire planet for a year! And the sun never sends us a bill for its endless energy. Solar panels have also become so cheap to produce, that it's made solar the cheapest source of energy by far. The U.S. Energy Information calculates that generating electricity from fossil fuels like coal and gas costs between 2 and 4 times more than solar power. That's a big part of the reason the International Energy Agency projects that solar will be the world's #1 source of energy by 2033 . The latest research from Yale University shows two-thirds of Americans support transitioning to clean energy by 2050, and 77% of Americans want to use public land to generate wind and solar power. So why is the Trump administration pushing back against cheap, clean energy? Journalist, environmentalist, and author Bill McKibben joins NBC meteorologist Chase Cain for a deep-dive into the wide-ranging benefits of rapidly adopting solar power and deploying it in creative ways . McKibben also founded Third Act to engage seniors on climate action, and his latest effort is aimed at increasing nationwide support to advance solar power and lower the cost of energy for everyone. The inaugural Sun Day kicks-off September 21st , and there are events scheduled across the U.S. You can find your local event here: https://www.sunday.earth/events Regardless of when you're listening to this episode, you can learn more about Bill McKibben's environmental efforts and his latest book Here Comes the Sun . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

🔍 Episode Summary Can the sun save civilization? In this episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas , Mark Lynas sits down with legendary climate author and activist Bill McKibben to take on Bad Idea #22: "Solar can’t power the world." McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and Third Act, makes a powerful case for solar as our best hope to avert climate catastrophe — and explains why a rapid, global energy transformation is not only possible, but already underway. They dive into the economics of solar, the moral urgency of ditching fossil fuels, the false promise of geoengineering, and why the shift to sun and wind can unlock a fairer, more democratic world. Bill’s new book Here Comes the Sun offers both realism and hope — and in this episode, he brings that rare combination to life. 🧠 Topics Discussed ☀️ Why solar energy is the most transformative and hopeful technology of our time 📉 Why fossil fuel addiction is a moral and structural tragedy — not just an economic one 🏭 The deep political resistance to renewables, especially in the U.S. 🚩China's solar supremacy and its global influence via trade networks 🐝 Agrivoltaics: how solar panels can improve yields, pollination, and biodiversity 📦 Rooftop solar, virtual power plants, and why permitting matters 💰 Why oil companies hate renewables: no repeat customers 🧠 What activism must focus on now that clean energy is cheaper than fossil 🌍 The moral and technological failure of solar geoengineering 🙏 Climate, faith, and the spiritual case for solar 🎉 “Sun day”: a nationwide celebration and call to action for clean energy in the U.S. 👨‍🏫 Guest Bio Bill McKibben is an author, environmentalist, and founder of 350.org and Third Act. He wrote the first popular book on climate change ( The End of Nature , 1989) and has spent decades on the front lines of climate activism. His newest book, Here Comes the Sun: The Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization , blends urgent science with hope — and charts a path toward a solar-powered future. Bill teaches at Middlebury College and has been described as “America’s leading environmentalist.” 📚 Recommended Reading & Resources Here Comes the Sun – Bill McKibben The End of Nature – Bill McKibben Sunday.Earth – Join Bill’s solar celebration movement 350.org – Global climate movement Third Act – Organizing older Americans for climate action Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports IEA Reports on China’s solar exports and BYD’s global EV expansion 💬 Quote Highlights “We live on a planet where the cheapest way to make energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun.” “Every wild natural place will be transformed by climate. The on

What if the solution to the climate crisis has always been shining above us? Bill McKibben —legendary environmentalist and author of Here Comes the Sun —joins Spirit of Leadership to reveal the swift global surge in solar and wind energy and the hope it ushers in. In this inspiring episode, host Megan Chaskey and McKibben explore how renewable power transforms lives worldwide—from California’s solar-charged batteries to Pakistani farmers replacing diesel pumps with solar panels to power irrigation. One especially moving story: in just eight months, communities in Pakistan—guided largely by TikTok tutorials—installed the equivalent of half the nation’s electric grid with solar, slashing fuel costs and bringing new resilience to daily life. Together, they dive into the climate crisis through the lens of this surprising upsurge in renewable technology, grassroots activism, and the deeper spiritual connection humans share with the sun—our omni-present source of light, warmth, and now, limitless clean energy. Amid global challenges, McKibben offers a powerful reminder that we stand at a turning point: a moment when optimism and action can rise together. If the links are not clickable, copy and paste them into a browser. McKIBBEN'S BOOK: Here Comes the Sun A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization https://billmckibben.com/books/here-comes-the-sun/ CLIMATE ACTION ORGANIZATION https://thirdact.org/ JOIN US FOR SUN DAY - DAY OF ACTION, SEPT 21, 2025: https://sunday.earth/ THE MATTHIESSEN TALKS: BILL McKIBBEN, A LAST CHANCE FOR THE CLIMATE AND A FRESH CHANCE FOR CIVILIZATION https://www.matthiessencenter.org/bill-mckibben Sunday, September 28, 2025 - 4:00 PM–5:30PM GUILD HALL, East Hampton, NY Presented with The Peter Matthiessen Center https://www.guildhall.org/events/the-matthiessen-talks-bill-mckibben/ Transcript of interview with important links:

#19 Fr. John Dear Talks with Legendary Environmental Activist Bill McKibben This week, Fr. John Dear speaks with best-selling author and environmental activist and organizer Bill McKibben about catastrophic climate change and how to respond by joining movements, taking to the streets, and building political will. It will be jam packed with inspiration for anyone who supports environmental activism. “I started life as a writer, I still am a writer. But to win the fight, we're gonna have to take on money and power, that's why we have to organize, and build a movement to change hearts and minds and change power. We keep our humor, our love for each other and our eyes fixed on the future, and on we go!” He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has become the biggest anti-corporate campaign in history, with endowments worth more than $40 trillion stepping back from oil, gas and coal. He’s one of the world’s leading environmental activists and founder of 350.org, a global grassroots climate campaign which has organized protests on every continent, including Antarctica, for climate action. Bill’s 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and was published in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write 20 books, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament. Hear more about his newest book Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization will be available in August 2025. Recently, Bill also founded www.ThirdAct.org , a global grassroots movement of people over the age of 60, which has taken off. During this podcast also he announces the upcoming global day of action for solar power, “Sun Day,” September 21st. "The sun is willing to provide us with all the power we could ever use, but that great gift is a threat to powerful interests." Go to sunday.earth for more about resources, events, organizations and creative partners. BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT. Check out: www.sunday.earth www.thirdact.org www.350.org www.BillMcKibben.com

This is our unabridged interview with Bill McKibben. “If we are to take heart from the really good things about American history, we have no choice but to reckon first with the dark sides of it,” says Bill McKibben, journalist, author, and activist. One of the most prominent of environmental activists and authors, McKibben also discusses racial justice, the economic impact of suburbanization, and the relation of the Christian church to social change in America. Show Notes: Similar episodes Katharine Hayhoe: The Most Polarized Issue in the United States Debra Rienstra: Healing the Earth Peter Harris: The Collapse of the Biosphere Chris Doran: Hope in the Age of Climate Change Resources mentioned this episode The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon by Bill McKibben Bill McKibben Interview Notes JOIN NSE+ Today! Our subscriber only community with bonus episodes, ad-free listening, and discounts on live shows Subscribe to episodes: Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | YouTube Follow Us: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com See Privacy Policy Amazon Affiliate Disclosure: Tokens Media, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with legendary climate activist Bill McKibben and scholar Caroline Levine. McKibben relates his long struggle to get companies to divest from fossil fuels and for the world in general to act immediately to seriously and substantially address this existential crisis. Levine tells of her efforts to get the giant pension fund, TIAA-CREF, to divest. She also talks about her new book, The Activist Humanist , and its relation to both her teaching and her activism. Caroline Levine has spent her career asking how and why the humanities and the arts matter, especially in democratic societies. She argues for an understanding of forms and structures as essential both to understanding links between art and society and to the challenge of taking meaningful political action. She is the author of four books. The most recent, The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis (Princeton University Press 2023), grows out of the theoretical work of Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network (2015, winner of the James Russell Lowell Prize from the MLA, and named one of Flavorwire’s “10 Must-Read Academic Books of 2015”). Levine has also published The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt (2003, winner of the Perkins Prize for the best book in narrative studies) and Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts (2007). Bill McKibben is founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write 20 books, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone . He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament. Foreign Policy named him to its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers. McKibben helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent, including Antarctica, for climate action. He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has become the biggest anti-corporate campaign in history, with endowments worth more than $40 trillion stepping back from oil, gas and coal. He stepped down as board chair of 350 in 2015, and left the board and stepped down from his volunteer role as senior adviser in 2020, accepting emeritus status. He lives in the mountains above Lake Champlain with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, where he spends as much time as possible outdoors. In 2014, biologists credited his career by naming a new species of woodland gnat— Megophthalmidia mckibbeni –in his honor.

We’re in a massive climate crisis, but it’s hard to think about it, isn’t it? It’s a great temptation to shut our eyes to climate change. It’s overwhelming. This week on the show, climate activist and author Bill McKibben on facing the reality of the climate crisis, understanding what needs to change, and what you can do - not just to change the course of humanity and the planet, but to feel more hopeful and connected as this all unfolds. In this episode we cover: Is halting climate change really dependent on personal recycling and whether we use plastic straws? Why don’t we take action when the evidence of the climate crisis is literally everywhere? Is it okay to have intense emotional responses to wildfires, floods, and the inaction of those “in charge”? How the boomer generation is using their experience and their wealth to revisit the activism of their youth (and supporting younger activists at the same time) Why the “will to act” is so important to sustained change How talking about our fears and our ecological grief gives us common ground to fight for our future - and our present. Related episodes: For more on activism in the face of impossible odds: Women, Life, Freedom: Grief and Power In Iran, with Nazanin Nour Wonder in an Age of Violence with Valarie Kaur & See No Stranger Notable quotes: The climate crisis is a really interesting test of whether or not (our) big brain was a good adaptation or not. It can get us into a lot of trouble, but can it get us out? My intuition is that it's actually going to be less the size of the brain that matters than the size of the heart that it's attached to. - Bill McKibben About our guest: Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. His books include The End of Nature , about climate change , and Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? , about the state of the environmental challenges facing humanity. He’s a contributing writer to The New Yorker ( read his latest piece here ), and founder of Third Act , which organizes people over the age of sixty for progressive change. About Megan: Psychotherapist and bestselling author Megan Devine is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on grief, from life-altering losses to the everyday grief that we don’t call grief. She helms a consulting practice in Los Angeles and serves as an organizational consultant for the healthcare and human resources industries. The best-selling book on grief in over a decade, Megan’s It’s Ok that You’re Not OK , is a global phenomenon that has been translated into more than 25 languages. Her celebrated animations and explainers have garnered over 75 million views and are used in training programs around the world. Additional resources: Read Bill latest piece in The New Yorker - “<a href=

Bob chats with Bill McKibben the author of We Are Better Together, his first children's book. He is the author of the bestsellers The End of Nature , Eaarth , and Deep Economy . Bill is the founder of the environmental organization 350.org and recently Third Act , an organization that encourages people over 60 to take action on climate change. You can find out more about Bill McKibben on his website: BillMcKibben.com Find Bill's new children's book at: We Are Better Together

What is climate change? How is it affect our planet? What consequences does it have on our lives? And must we – and can we – do soften them? To answer these questions, Pedro Pinto interviews Bill McKibben in this episode of “It’s Not That Simple”, a podcast by the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. An expert on climate change, Bill McKibben is a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write 20 books, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone . He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament. Foreign Policy named him to its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers. McKibben helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent, including Antarctica, for climate action. He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign. In 2014, biologists credited his career by naming a new species of woodland gnat— Megophthalmidia mckibbeni –in his honor. In this episode, McKibben discusses the current condition of our planet. He also considers the role of governments and private companies in fighting climate change and its consequences, and looks at what powers like China and the United States are doing – and not doing – to address these issues. He also examines how the lobbying power of the fossil fuel industry interest groups have made the climate crisis worse. Finally, he discusses how the falling prices if renewable sources of energy give us some cause for optimism, in a conversation well worth listening to. More on this topic • The End of Nature, Bill McKibben, 1989 • Fight Global Warming Now, Bill McKibben, 2007 • Eaarth, Bill McKibben, 2011 • The Global Warming Reader, Bill McKibben, 2011 • Bill McKibben on how climate change is “the greatest challenge humans have ever faced” https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/713829853/climate-change-is-greatest-challenge-humans-have-ever-faced-author-says?t=1660062740657 • Bill McKibben on “What We've Learned About Climate Change in the Last 30 Years” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfm6mfU5uko • Bill McKibben on “Fossil Fuel Divestment” https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/bill-mckibben-discusses-fossil-fuel-divestment/ Other references in Portuguese • Essay of the Foundation “Alterações Climáticas” by Filipe Duarte Santos https://www.ffms.pt/publicacoes/detalhe/5409/alteracoes-climaticas • Essay of the Foundation “Riscos Globais e Biodiversidade” by Maria Amélia Martins-Loução https://www.ffms.pt/publicacoes/detalhe/5682/riscos-globais-e-biodiversidade • Essay of the Foundation “Os Incêndios Florestais em Portugal” by António Bento-Gonçalves https://www.ffms.pt/publicacoes/detalhe/5205/os-incendios-florestais-em-portugal • Podcast [IN] Pertinente “Alterações Climáticas: Ainda vamos a tempo?” with Johan Rockström https://www.ffms.pt/conferencias/detalhe/5799/alteracoes-climaticas-ainda-vamos-a-tempo-uma-entrevista-a-johan-rockstrom • Podcast Da Capa à Contracapa “Como responder aos desafios das alterações climáticas?” with Filipe Duarte Santos e António Costa Silva https://www.ffms.pt/podcasts/da-capa-a-contracap

ESG is in hot water - Is it just simmering or is it spoiling? When Elon Musk tweets “ESG is a scam ” that “has been weaponized by phony social justice warriors.” and a day later, an HSBC executive says that “ climate change isn’t a financial risk that we need to worry about ,” and then after that Former Vice President Mike Pence writes an opinion in WSJ that “ESG is elevating left-wing goals over the interests of businesses and their employees”...You start to wonder - What is all this fuss about? And why now? This week we dig into the future or collapse of ESG as we know it, and is all this attention making ESG better or worse? And later on in the episode Bill McKibben returns to the podcast to talk about his latest venture mobilizing ‘The Greatest Generation’ to take action on Climate Change call Third Act - and his new book, ‘The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened. What a title! And of course, be sure to stick around for an exclusive podcast performance of ‘Leaving Song’ by Max Jury. Enjoy the show! — Christiana + Tom’s book ‘The Future We Choose’ is available now! Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter ! — Mentioned links from the episode: READ: Could Google’s Carbon Emissions Have Effectively Doubled Overnight? READ: The Carbon Bankroll ACT: ShareAction ACT: Make My Money Matter — Thanks to our guest this week, Bill McKibben! Bill McKibben Founder | Third Act | 350.org Twitter Third Act Twitter | Website | Linktree 350.org Twitter | Facebook | Instagram NEW: Bill’s New Book - The Flag, The Cross, and The Station Wagon — Thank you to our musical guest this week, Max Jury! Max Jury Spotify | Apple Music | Facebo

Mill Valley Public Library interviews Bill McKibben It hasn’t been a conscious effort on my part but I confess a driver of my approach to each interview for the Borrowed Time series has been my personal hope that I might find the answer to all of the problems we face as a result of the changing climate. By asking authors, activists, scientists and park rangers what they believe are the solutions to the problems, I hope to learn the answers. In the hour preceding the scheduled time to interview Bill McKibben, feeling both nervous and excited, I reviewed my outline of questions and had a moment of self-criticism and guilt because I felt most of my questions were designed to seek the answers to all of the problems. So many of them seemed to be variants of How and What can be done? Bill McKibben has written dozens of books on the environment, founded 350.org and is rightly regarded as one of the prominent figures of the ‘leaderful’ (to use his word from our interview) environmental movement. Surely he has all the answers, right? Maybe. I certainly hoped to learn some new magical solutions that he would share with me that aren’t already addressed in his books, statements or articles he has written. As stated in this interview, when we started this series we intended to ask everyone what gives them hope. My hope was that this is where I would learn the answers. Bathsheba Demuth’s response – expressing frustration at the question itself and adding, ‘The way we talk about hope is that it’s something given to you rather than something that you make and at this point we really need to be making our hope not imagining someone is going to hand it to us’ was inspiring to me in many ways, including that I stopped asking people what gives them hope. But I brought it up again with McKibben because his most recent book, Falter , opens with a comment on hope and I felt there was a lot to unpack in it. For starters, I felt McKibben’s words answered a related question that I asked Derrick Jensen about hope. In Endgame on a chapter dedicated to hope, Jensen defines hope as ‘a longing for a future condition over which you have no agency. It means you are essentially powerless.’ I asked Jensen how he does what he does if hope isn’t a fundamental motivator to his actions. Jensen gave a good answer ( listen and find out ) but McKibben’s words, ‘I want those who pick up this volume to know that its author lives in a state of engagement, not despair. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have bothered writing what follows’ helped me understand the nuance, despite that Jensen also states in Endgame , ‘I’ve grown accustomed to carrying the daily weight of despair.’ McKibben’s preface also states, ‘A writer doesn’t owe a reader hope’ and in our interview McKibben shares he is neither optimistic or pessimistic about the future. So if there is an answer, perhaps it is that whether one feels despair or not, optimism or pessimism, ‘engagement is our only chance’ as McKibben concludes chapter one of Falter. I first requested to interview McKibben in November of last year and hoped it might be the first of this series. The request made months ago was to discuss his book Falter , which was published in April of last year but instead this interview focused on current events. Two months before Falter was published, David Wallace-Wells’ Uninhabitable Earth was published and I listened to interviews with each author just days apart from one another on KQED. The same week the IPCC was in session and a

From his 1989 book The End of Nature , which was the first to explain global warming to a general audience, to co-founding the climate-change activism group 350.org , there are few people with more experience in taking on powerful interests to create change than Bill McKibben. In this interview, Bill talks to Doug about divestment from fossil fuels, what the worldwide response to COVID-19 can teach us about fighting climate change, and how to build successful movements to make cities work better for people who aren't in cars. Plus, Bill tells the story of a determined Brazilian mayor who took on an angry car lobby using the power of open streets and adorable children. Support The War on Cars on Patreon . Rate and review the war effort on iTunes . Buy a War on Cars t-shirt at Cotton Bureau . SHOW NOTES: More on Bill McKibben at his official site . Subscribe to The Climate Crisis Newsletter . Bill McKibben tells the story of Mayor Jaime Lerner's fight to make streets for people in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. ( Mother Jones ) Buy Bill's latest book, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? This episode was edited by Ali Lemer. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars , Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1 , Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek , Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke . Questions? Comments? Drop us a line: thewaroncars@gmail.com https://thewaroncars.org

In this exclusive one-on-one interview, Katie chats with legendary environmentalist and author of The End of Nature, Bill McKibben, who offers his thoughts on the global warming crisis, what we can do to solve it, and how you just can’t argue with physics. Guests: Bill McKibben Links: BillMcKibben.com ; 350.org ; The End of Nature CREDITS: Hosted by: Caitlin Scholl and Katie Wilson Sound Design & Editing by: Ian Carlsen Mixing & Mastering by: Chris Burns Opening music: “America” by Bill Callahan Closing music: “This Land is Your Land” by Caitlin Scholl © OPEN EYE | media, productions, projects & FRIEND ENERGIES Productions

Bill McKibben — author, educator, environmentalist as stated on his personal website . He is one of us, too: an individual dedicated to the sport and culture of human-powered skiing. Back when he was 37, McKibben penned a great book titled “ Long Distance: Testing the Limits of Body and Spirit in a Year of Living Strenuously “. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to train like an Olympian in the body of a burgeoning masters skier, it’s a great read. It’s also the real deal type of book from a writer who actually left a job at the New Yorker — not many people give up that gig — for the greener pastures and colder ski tracks of Vermont. Bill McKibben: Climate activist, educator, and lover of all things xc skiing. (Photo: BillMcKibben.com ) Twenty years after he wrote that book, McKibben, who just turned 57, is a Middlebury College professor and perhaps the foremost political organizer when it comes to the issue of climate change. He helped start the climate justice organization 350.org . The author of many books, McKibben released his first novel this fall titled “ Radio Free Vermont “. Let’s just say it has all the hallmarks of a good tale with some cross-country skiing and biathlon thrown in for good measure. Nordic Nation connected with McKibben back about a month ago on Dec. 4, 2017. It’s pretty much an all-inclusive interview: climate change, World Cup, Simi Hamilton as an undergrad skier, and some discussion of “Radio Free Vermont “ . Enjoy the interview before we get sucked into the Olympic vortex here on Nordic Nation. (To subscribe to the Nordic Nation podcast channel, download the iTunes app. If you have iTunes, subscribe to Nordic Nation here. ) albuterol . buy naltrexone online buy chantix online The post Nordic Nation: The Good People Episode with Bill McKibben appeared first on FasterSkier.com .