Summary: Bill McKibben, author, educator, environmentalist Sunday, June 8th, 7:00pm Read Bill's most recent article on Alternet.org As a part of our continuing series on climate-change, join the Jamaica Plain Forum for a conversation with Step-It-Up! global warming activist, Bill McKibben after the Bikes Not Bombs Bike-A-Thon and 1st annual Green Roots Festival. Bill McKibben is an environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. Well known for his lead role in the Step-It-Up campaign, Bill comes to the Jamaica Plain Forum to share his experiences organizing mass-climate action from the ground to Capitol Hill. Bill has written a dozen books, including The End of Nature and Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. In March 2008 The Bill McKibben Reader, a collection of 44 essays on various topics, was published. He is a frequent contributor to various magazines including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion Magazine, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books, Granta, Rolling Stone, and Outside. He is also a board member and contributor to Grist Magazine. In late summer 2006, Bill helped lead a five-day walk across Vermont to demand action on global warming. Beginning in January 2007 he founded stepitup07.org to demand that Congress enact curbs on carbon emissions that would cut global warming pollution 80 percent by 2050. With six college students, he organized 1,400 global warming demonstrations across all 50 states. Step It Up 2007 has been described as the largest day of protest about climate change in the nation's history. A guide to help people initiate environmental activism in their community coming out of the Step It Up 2007 experience entitled Fight Global Warming Now was published in October 2007. Rhythm and Muse will have Bill's books available for purchase at the event. To purchase books beforehand, please visit Rhythm and Muse at 470 Center St. in Jamaica Plain. Many Thanks to the Co-Sponsors of this event! Boston Climate Action Network (BCAN)
