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Tag: The End of Nature

  • Monday, November 21, 6:00 pm – A Conversation on Climate Action with Bill McKibben, Live and Online

    Join WBUR senior environmental reporter Miriam Wasser for a conversation with author, educator, and environmentalist Bill McKibben on November 21 at CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, or online.

    McKibben founded 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent for climate action. He also recently launched Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice.

    He has written over a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, and the forthcoming The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened.

    Signed copies of The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon will be available to purchase from our bookstore partner Brookline Booksmith.

    CitySpace Tickets 
    Premiere: $25.00 (includes reserved seating)
    General: $15.00
    Student: $5.00

    Virtual Tickets
    $5.00 (only one ticket needed per household)

    To register, visit www.wbur.org

  • Thursday, April 25, 7:00 pm – Bill McKibben, Environmentalist

    Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming, will speak on Thursday, April 25, beginning at 7 pm at The Fenn School. 516 Monument Street in Concord, in a program sponsored by the Concord Museum.

    McKibben, raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, is the author of a dozen books about the environment, beginning with The End of Nature in 1989, which is regarded as the first book for a general audience on climate change. He is a founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 189 countries since 2009. Time Magazine called him “the planet’s best green journalist” and the Boston Globe said in 2010 that he was “probably the country’s most important environmentalist.”

    The Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College, he holds honorary degrees from a dozen colleges and in 2011 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. $15 ($10 if you are a member of the Concord Museum). Reservations necessary: 978-369-9763, ext. 216.

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  • Thursday, April 7, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Earth is Our Garden: Are We Doing Our Best?

    Bill McKibben is perhaps one the most recognized defenders of our planet and chronicler of how we could better inhabit it. Twenty years ago, with his book, The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded. His latest book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, is his latest plea for each of us to consider deeply how we tread upon this earth. Whether you are a person of faith, a gardener, or both, you’ll find a clear message of action, hope, and urgency in this Arnold Arboretum presentation on Thursday, April 7, beginning at 7 pm at Trinity Church, Copley Square, 206 Clarendon Street, offered with Trinity Church as part of Trinity’s Gardens and Spirit Lecture Series. Fee: $25 nonmember.  To register, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu, or you may purchase tickets at the Trinity Bookstore.