About this Event
As the world continues to struggle to address the climate crisis, how do we move forward? How must the world work together? What have we learned from the past that will shape our future? What can we still do to make a difference with this defining issue of our generation?
Join the VCWA as we host pioneering environmentalist Bill McKibben to discuss the existential issue of Climate Change. Bill will bring his always forward looking tone to address the above questions and engage in an interactive virtual webinar.
Bill McKibben
Author and Environmentalist
Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel.’ 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 a dozen more books, including his recent bestseller, Falter. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world in every country except North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement.
“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our movement to stop it. ”
The Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, McKibben was the 2013 winner of the Gandhi Prize and the Thomas Merton Prize, and holds honorary degrees from 18 colleges and universities. Foreign Policy named him to their inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers, and the Boston Globe said he was “probably America’s most important environmentalist.”
A former staff writer for the New Yorker, he writes frequently for a wide variety of publications around the world, including the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, and Rolling Stone. 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 honored him by naming a new species of woodland gnat— Megophthalmidia mckibbeni–in his honor.
Moderated by Patricia Preston
Executive Director, Vermont Council on World Affairs
After working on policy and gender issues in the US and abroad, Patricia returned to her home state to lead the Vermont Council on World Affairs. Patricia brings extensive international experience combined with nonprofit sector expertise to her role at the VCWA. Prior to returning to Vermont, Patricia held multiple international positions, including work as a teacher and curriculum developer in Tanzania. Patricia worked for both the United Nations on women’s issues and the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Food Security. She is also the Founder of a nonprofit that provides nutrition and hygiene education to children in rural Guatemala. Patricia is a strong advocate for environmental conservation and has a strong passion for human rights and empowerment of women and girls.
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Event Format: Webinar
Attendee Video: Off
Attendee Audio: Off
Attendee Interaction: Polls, Submit Questions through Q+A, Raise Virtual Hand to Request Unmute
In this virtual event, your video will not be displayed and you will be automatically muted. You may interact by submitting questions into the Q+A box, answering polls, and raising your virtual hand to be unmuted.