We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may have had some intuition that it was a binge and the earth couldn't support it, but aside from the easy things (biodegradable detergent, slightly smaller cars) we didn't do much. We didn't turn our lives around to prevent it. Our sadness is almost an aesthetic response - appropriate because we have marred a great, mad, profligate work of art, taken a hammer to the most perfectly proportioned of sculptures.
According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both co… - Bill Mckibben
According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both co…
- Bill Mckibben
It was huge mistake to avoid working with the rest of the world because (a) we're the largest source of the problem: 4% of us who are in the U.S. pro… - Bill Mckibben
It was huge mistake to avoid working with the rest of the world because (a) we're the largest source of the problem: 4% of us who are in the U.S. pro…
The movers and shakers on our planet, aren't the billionaires and generals, they are the incredible numbers of people around the world filled with lo… - Bill Mckibben
The movers and shakers on our planet, aren't the billionaires and generals, they are the incredible numbers of people around the world filled with lo…
There is no real scientific debate over what is happening; of course there is debate over exactly how it is going to play out in the decades ahead, b… - Bill Mckibben
There is no real scientific debate over what is happening; of course there is debate over exactly how it is going to play out in the decades ahead, b…
Very few people on earth ever get to say: 'I am doing, right now, the most important thing I could possibly be doing.' If you'll join this fight that… - Bill Mckibben
Very few people on earth ever get to say: 'I am doing, right now, the most important thing I could possibly be doing.' If you'll join this fight that…
In fact, corporations are the infants of our society - they know very little except how to grow (though they're very good at that), and they howl whe… - Bill Mckibben
In fact, corporations are the infants of our society - they know very little except how to grow (though they're very good at that), and they howl whe…
But the truth is that we could win every other fight that we face and if we lose the climate fight, the other victories will be pyrrhic. I don't thin… - Bill Mckibben
But the truth is that we could win every other fight that we face and if we lose the climate fight, the other victories will be pyrrhic. I don't thin…
If we all used clotheslines, we could save 30 million tons of coal a year, or shut down 15 nuclear power plants. And you don't have to wait to start.… - Bill Mckibben
If we all used clotheslines, we could save 30 million tons of coal a year, or shut down 15 nuclear power plants. And you don't have to wait to start.…
The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done. - Bill Mckibben
The technology we need most badly is the technology of community, the knowledge about how to cooperate to get things done.
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