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Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Released Friday, 18th November 2022
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Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

Friday, 18th November 2022
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In this episode of the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Podcast, Bill McKibben shares his 30,000-foot view with us on the past, present, and future - How did we get here? Where we are now? And what do we need to invest our time and energy in going forward to co-create the best possible future?

Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:30 Bill's climate story
6:29 Why "the choices we made in those years around 1980 will turn out to be more important than any choices any nation ever made."
12:45 On the "non-trivial chance of civilizational collapse"
17:00 The good news is...
21:20 Bill's theory of change
25:50 Third Act & the important role of people over the age of 60
31:50 On threats to democracy
33:40 Effective organizing
35:40 The role of religious communities and how to shift the zeitgeist
39:40 Final thoughts

Relevant links!
Get Involved with Third Act! https://thirdact.org/get-involved/
Banking on our Future Pledge: https://thirdact.org/act/bank-on-our-future-pledge/
Check out Bill's latest book, "The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon": http://billmckibben.com/the-flag-the-cross-and-the-station-wagon.html


Crowdsourcing Sustainability links:
Sign up for the Crowdsourcing Sustainability newsletter! https://crowdsourcing-sustainability.ck.page/c34a46ed01
Website: https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org

Crowdsourcing Sustainability is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider supporting us so we can keep helping to educate and empower more people to act on climate where they live and work! https://crowdsourcingsustainability.org/donate

And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch for editing!!

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