McKibben, Bill - Environment Climate Change Sustainability - 09.06.05

"Fight Global Warming Now" ; "Vulnerable On This Earth" Aspects of climate change; the 12 tipping points; what can we do to slow the tide of destruction.

Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author & educator; he frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the need for more localized economies. Beginning in the summer of 2006, he led the organization of the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College, where he also directs the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. “Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future”; “The End of Nature”.