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Sweden may soon be the site for a test of geoengineering technology.Photograph by Markus Thomenius / Alamy ometime in the next two weeks, an independent advisory committee is expected to issue a recommendation on a request from a team of … Continue reading →

Right Livelihood Foundation Nov 22, 2020 Before the coronavirus pandemic, we already knew social transformation was necessary. Now we know it’s possible. Political and economic policies that were previously fringe are now front and center in national and international conversations. … Continue reading →

Schumacher Center for New Economics Aug 27, 2020 Jodie Evans moderated a conversation between Mary Berry and Bill McKibben on August 27, 2020 as part of the Schumacher Conversation series. More information at http://www.centerforneweconomics.org.

Smoke from the Camp wildfire in Ukiah, California. (Photo: Bob Dass, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) http://ecoethics.net/YSOLI/201907-Climate/Audio/20200626-LOE-Bill-McKibben.mp3 Harvard is one of the latest in a series of wealthy institutions around the world announcing steps towards pulling their investments in the fossil … Continue reading →

The events of the past few weeks make one wonder: If we’re just going to use solar power instead of coal to run the same sad mess of unfair and ugly oppression, is it really worth it?Photograph by Vanessa Charlot … Continue reading →

Winston Churchill seems to have been on the President’s mind since he took office, but it’s nearly impossible to imagine two more different leaders.Photograph by Brendan Smialowski / Getty If the battle of Lafayette Park turns—as seems possible—into Donald Trump’s most … Continue reading →

For this week’s webinar, we are thrilled to be joined by author and environmental activist Bill McKibben. In 2008, Bill founded 350.org, an organization focused on bringing together a movement to end fossil fuels, build community resilience, and address environmental … Continue reading →

  A Youtube video emerged on Earth Day eve making charges about me and about 350.org — namely that I was a supporter of biomass energy, and that 350 and I were beholden to corporate funding, and have misled our … Continue reading →

By Bill McKibben June 3, 2020 Events are now moving at high speed in this country—every day, President Trump and his crew gallop past new lines, so that the morning’s flagrant usurpation is legitimized by the evening’s even more outrageous … Continue reading →