Bill McKibben, environmentalist, writer, global climate warrior extraordinaire. Both brilliant and passionate, McKibben is the founder of 350.org, the international climate change organization that organized the 350 International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009, with thousands upon thousands of actions on behalf of climate sanity and planet Earth at iconic (and non-iconic!) locations around the world.
In 1989, Bill wrote what is considered the first work on climate change for a general audience, The End of Nature. It is a seminal work, and continues to be an essential and topical read, on far more than climate change.
My daughter Julia and I were with Bill and his wonderful daughter Sophie in Delhi in the summer of 2009 while Bill sweated through an appropriately non-air-conditioned conference of save-the-tiger/climate activists organized by another Earth Hero, Bittu Sahgal of Sanctuary Asia. Bill was expert at rallying the Indian troops, as he did in small and large countries across the world throughout 2008-2009.
Stay tuned to www.350.org for updates about Bill's post-Copenhagen plans... Calling all humans, participation in the global climate campaign is mandatory, not for extra credit!
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