Post Carbon Exchange #2: Bill McKibben & Asher Miller

By Bill McKibben, originally published by Post Carbon Institute Media

April 26, 2010

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedPost Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben and Executive Director Asher Miller discuss Bill’s sobering assessment of life on earth as presented in his brand new book Eaarth. Bill also provides an update on the efforts of his 350.org campaign.

Bill McKibben

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.

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