Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Talk: Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Saturday, April 24, 2010 @ 3:00 PM
Corwin Pavilion

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

One of America’s leading environmentalists, Bill McKibben is the founder of the international climate campaign 350.org, a Guggenheim Fellow and former New Yorker staff writer best known for his work on climate change issues including his treatise on global warming, The End of Nature. His recent book Deep Economy addresses the shortcomings of the growth economy and offers a realistic scenario for a hopeful future; while his newest release Eaarth argues for the essential change that will make our damaged planet endure.

This is a FREE event.

Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Environmental Studies Program as part of the UCSB Critical Issues in America series: Forty Years After the Big Spill – Looking Back, Looking Ahead: 21st Century Environmental Challenges in a Global Context.

For more information:
https://artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Details.aspx?PerfNum=1739

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