Conversations w/ Great Minds - Bill McKibben, 350.org P 2

For tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" - Thom is joined by author, environmentalist, and activist Bill Mckibben. In 1988, he wrote "The End of Nature" - the heir to Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" - and since then has gone on to write more than a dozen noteable books about the environment and our human impact on it. He is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 189 countries since 2009. In 2010, the Boston Globe called him "the nation's leading environmentalist" and Time magazine described him as "the world's best green journalist." And recently he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His latest book - "Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet" - is a guide to living on our fundamentally altered planet.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Climate Change
• Hurricane Irene
• Dick Cheney
• Rick Perry
• Paul Ryan
• Big Picture
• Thom Hartmann

[jerramy]

Well, you heard what the man said, the bottom line is we're outta time. If you have ever thought about doing something, ANYTHING, about the way things are going instead of just complaining about it, NOW IS THE TIME !!!!!!

[mQtek]

The human race is fucked.

[freeadplanet]

Funny when you listen to a well educated Scientist that most people simply do not get it? Why? Because they are still thinking about the FIRST point the scientist made... and so people are not getting it.

It is a lot like math class. If you missed the part about dividing decimals you will be lost when Trig class comes... most people are simply not smart enough to get science.

And so politicians and corporations use this to put down science in order to keep profits going.

[greenman3610]

@TheOlderangel

The Queen?

[TheOlderangel]

@silversoul7 .nature.com/news/2011/110824/f­ull/news.2011.504.html yes beg all you want!! and pay no attention to the sudden uptick in volcanoes and earthquakes as well,surely global warming is causing these events as well. Your avatar and screen name says it all. Sunspots,cme's and the fact that we have hundreds of probes in space is ignorance huh? You my friend have an agenda and it's dying very fast. Do a little research outside of your basement. Tesla tech was squashed by Gore types

[silversoul7]

@TheOlderangel "I'm not 12 yrs old"

Based on the ignorance you spew, I beg to differ, troll.

[TheOlderangel]

@greenman3610 watched your vid haha---"planets we've never sent a probe to" and "solar activity has nothing to do with it" instantly debunks the pinhead's pov----any way I don't deny the planet is warming!!! all the planets are perturbed brother and mckibben works for you guys and the queen----2500 nukes set off around the world might have something to do with ozone depletion as well---run home to your daddy gore's scam----I'm not 12 yrs old

[greenman3610]

@TheOlderangel

"solar system warming" uh...no.

see here

watch?v=BSXgiml5UwM

[TheOlderangel]

uh--it was the warmest year ever--IN THE WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM MATE----Mars poles are melting too! ?So we're heating up the whole Solar System? NOT----Yes the planet is warming and it will cool off someday and heat up again. Always has,always will. BUT---I do agree we need to get off fossil? fuels.. Half-Truths here.