UCSB has been hosting an excellent Global Warming — Science & Society Event Series, which has featured James E. Hansen, Steve Koonin (which we missed), and Elizabeth "the rock star of climate change" Kolbert so far. The final lecture in the series is Bill McKibben, this Sunday night, April 29th, 7:00, UCSB Campbell Hall.
To summarize the series thus far: the message from Hansen and Kolbert was alarming: WAKE UP!
I sensed people leaving Kolbert's "Well, It's Even Worse Than It Was" lecture on the 19th slightly dazed, the way I am when the alarm goes off each morning. That "Ugh..." followed by "...now what?"
So, if Hansen and Kolbert were the alarm, I'm hoping McKibben will be the cup of coffee that actually gets us moving. His message is consistently action-oriented, what we can DO to make a difference and how we can move forward. Organizer of the recent STEP IT UP campaign, Bill McKibben is also author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (there's a good review at The Moral Equivalent of War), as well as The End of Nature, Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case for a More Joyful Christmas, Mabye One: A Case for Smaller Families, and others, too—an activist's encyclopedia! Clearly there are many things we can do and choices we can make other than just following the glaciers to extinction.
Enough "Problem. Problem. Problem." Bring on the solutions! Bring on the McKibben!
And keep your hands off the snooze button.
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Speaking about doing, what do we think about the that Seantor Christopher Dodd, a candidate for the presidency, is actually ?
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Speaking of doing, what do we think about the carbon tax that Senator Chritopher Dodd is proposing in the context of the presidential debate?
Great entry Queen W. I hope he has some answers.
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