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Thursday, September 28

"The Hottest Fight in the Hottest Years: Climate Change and the Battle for the Future"
Time:
5:00 pm
Presenter:
Bill McKibben, Founder of 350.org
Location:
Twentieth Century Club, 4201 Bigelow Boulevard
Announced by:
Global Studies Center on behalf of University Honors College

Bill McKibben will describe where the fight for a livable climate stands - with President Trump pulling out of the Paris talks even as Elon Musk starts churning out Teslas, the risks and opportunities have never been higher. 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. 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 save North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement. This lecture is free and open to the public but space is limited! Reserve your seat here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScgx5NKnXKV268mMdc27JM9E4YBBU4J...