Bill McKibben

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January 01, 1960

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Bill McKibben is the author of Eaarth, The End of Nature, Deep Economy, Enough, Fight Global Warming Now, The Bill McKibben Reader, and numerous other books. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, and was among the first to warn of the dangers of global warming. In 2010 The Boston Globe called him "probably the nation's leading environmentalist," and Time magazine has called him "the world's best green journalist." He studied at Harvard, and started his writing career as a staff writer at The New Yorker. The End of Nature, his first book, was published in 1989 and was regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience. He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers including T...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 7,695 ratings · 1,334 reviews · 110 distinct works · Similar authors

	Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 2,187 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,457 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Nature 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 1,069 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Home: A Long Walk Across America's Most Hopeful Landscape: Vermont's Champlain Valley and New York's Adirondacks 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Missing Information 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (Library of America #182) 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 180 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2003 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas 3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth 3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families 3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 132 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“TV makes it so easy to postpone living for another half hour.”
― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information

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“There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it's not really there.”
― Bill McKibben, The End of Nature

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“we use TV as we use tranquilizers- to even things out, to blot out unpleasantness, to dilute confusion, distress, unhappiness, loneliness.”
― Bill McKibben, The Age of Missing Information

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