Sustaining Life on a Tough New Planet
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 14 Oct 2010 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
| Categories: | Lectures Live Green |
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Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben writes about global warming, alternative energy and the risks associated with human genetic engineering. His new book is Eaarth: Making Life on a Tough New Planet. His other books include Wandering Home: A Long Walk through America's Most Hopeful Landscape; The End of Nature; Hope, Human and Wild; and The Age of Missing Information.
McKibben is a former staff writer for the New Yorker and a frequent contributor to Harper's, Atlantic Monthly and Outside. He also is the founder of 350.org, an international climate campaign organizing an October 24, 2010, International Day of Climate Action.