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Bill McKibben

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  • William Ernest "Bill" McKibben -Grew up in suburban Lexington, Massachusetts -Harvard University graduate-American environmentalist, author, and journalist -Right now at Middlebury College

    William Ernest "Bill" McKibben -Grew up in suburban Lexington, Massachusetts -Harvard University graduate-American environmentalist, author, and journalist -Right now at Middlebury College
    -Grew up in suburban Lexington, Massachusetts
    -Harvard University graduate
    -American environmentalist, author, and journalist
    -Right now at Middlebury College Holt, Henry. "Bill Mckibben." About Bill Mckibben . Henry Holt and Company , 30 May 2007. Web. 23 Feb 2014. http://www.billmckibben.com/bio.html.

  • Apollo 11 The first human spaceflight landed on the Moon.Huge progress in science but cause larger consumption in natural resouces.

    Apollo 11 The first human spaceflight landed on the Moon.Huge progress in science but cause larger consumption in natural resouces.
    The first human spaceflight landed on the Moon.
    Huge progress in science but cause larger consumption in natural resouces.

  • 1st Oil crisis

    1st Oil crisis
    Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries announcing an oil embargo against Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
    It lasted until March 1974.

  • 2nd oil crisis

    2nd oil crisis
    A strike by 37,000 workers at Iran's nationalized oil refineries initially reduced production from 6 million barrels (950,000 m3) per day to about 1.5 million barrels (240,000 m3.
    Increase of oil price.
    Shortage in oil.

  • Works

    Works
    First book, The End of Nature
    -1989

    -regarded as the first book for a general audience on climate change
    The Age of Missing Information
    -1992
    Hope, Human and Wild
    Maybe One
    -about human population
    Long Distance: A Year of LIving Strenuously
    Enough
    Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
    -March 2007 Holt, Henry. "Bill Mckibben." About Bill Mckibben . Henry Holt and Company , 30 May 2007. Web. 23 Feb 2014. http://www.billmckibben.com/bio.html.

  • Step It Up 2007

    Step It Up 2007
    -Organized in October 2006 by 6 six Middlebury College students -Nationwide environmental campaign to stop global warming -Inspired by the award winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth (Movie that sparked the Global Warming Revolution) McKibben, Bill. Step It Up 2007. Set it up 2007, 4 January. 2007. Web. February 23, 2014.

  • Step It Up 2007 Rally

    Step It Up 2007 Rally
    -Demanded Congress to "Step It Up Congress: Cut Carbon 80% by 2050." -Protests in over 1,257 demonstrations nationwide. -One of the biggest environmental protests ever McKibben, Bill. About Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben, 21 September. 2002. Web. February 23, 2014. McKibben, Bill. Step It Up 2007. Set it up 2007, 4 January. 2007. Web. February 23, 2014.

  • 350.org

    350.org
    -Founded by Bill McKibben after the success of the Step It Up Campagin -350 refers to the 350 parts-per-million (ppm) of CO2 we should have to preserve a livable planet -We currently have about 400 CO2 ppm -Mission: Spread Awareness about the CO2 emissions and to pass legislation to stop the immense CO2 emissions. -Events:
    350 Movement: October 24, 2009
    10/10/10 Global Work Party
    Tree plantings, lobbying, and more. McKibben, Bill. 350: What We Do. 350.org, 2008, 18 April. 2008. Web.

  • Published The Reckoning

    Published The Reckoning
    •Failed meetings •The 3 numbers •What the world is trying to do •McKibben, Bill. "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math." Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2012. Web. 22 Feb. 2014.

  • Awards

    Awards
    -Gandhi Peace award in 2013
    -Guggenheim
    -Lyndhurts Fellowships
    0-Lannan Prize for nonfiction writing in 2000 "Promoting Enduring Pace." 2013 Gandhi Peace Award. Promoting Enduring Peac, 18 April 2013. Web. 23 Feb 2014. http://www.pepeace.org/2013gpa. Holt, Henry. "Bill Mckibben." About Bill Mckibben . Henry Holt and Company , 30 May 2007. Web. 23 Feb 2014. http://www.billmckibben.com/bio.html.

  • WORKS CITED

    WORKS CITED
    Henn, Jamie. Discover The Network. 350.org, 19 May. 2011. Web. February 23, 2014. McKibben, Bill. About Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben, 21 September. 2002. Web. February 23, 2014. McKibben, Bill. Step It Up 2007. Set it up 2007, 4 January. 2007. Web. February 23, 2014. McKibben, Bill. 350: What We Do. 350.org, 2008, 18 April.
    2008. Web. February 23, 2014. Holt, Henry. "Bill Mckibben." About Bill Mckibben . Henry Holt and Company , 30 May 2007. Web. 23 Feb 2014. .