Climate Faith and Collective Responsibility with Bill McKibben

About this episode

Bill McKibben discusses the climate crisis and its moral implications in a conversation with Marco Werman.

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has helped shape how the world understands climate change. In this conversation with Marco Werman, host of The World, McKibben offers a clear-eyed look at the climate crisis and the solutions that could help reduce the damage of a warming planet. As part of the Burke Lectureship at UC San Diego, McKibben also explores the moral and spiritual questions at the heart of climate change. More than three decades after The End of Nature brought climate change to a broad audience, his work continues to connect science, ethics, and grassroots action, including the global climate campaign 350.org and the fossil fuel divestment movement. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 41265]

People in this episode

Host: Marco Werman

Guest: Bill McKibben

Topics covered

• climate change
• environmental ethics
• grassroots action
• moral responsibility
• climate crisis solutions

Keywords

• climate change
• Bill McKibben
• environment
• 350.org
• fossil fuel divestment
• Burke Lectureship
• The End of Nature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 350.org, UC San Diego

Books & works: The End of Nature

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