Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
For over 40 years, Bill McKibben has been raising the alarm about the climate crisis, starting with his groundbreaking book, The End of Nature. Now McKibben says, for once in his life, he is spreading good news. In his latest book, "Here Comes the Sun," he explains why the recent boom in solar and wind power has given him hope for the planet’s future, and he implores everyone to buy in.
Following his lecture, McKibben will be joined on stage by Rebecca Henderson and Oliver Wainwright for a conversation moderated by Gary Hilderbrand. We hope you can join us for this inspiring and important event.
Speaker:
Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel,” in the Swedish Parliament. He’s also won the Gandhi Peace Award and received honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written more than 20 books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened, and his latest, Here Comes the Sun.
00:00 Welcome by Sarah Rafson
03:02 Introduction by Gary Hilderbrand
13:42 Lecture by Bill McKibben
49:49 Discussion with Oliver Wainwright and Rebecca Henderson
01:21:21 Q+A
For over 40 years, Bill McKibben has been raising the alarm about the climate crisis, starting with his groundbreaking book, The End of Nature. Now McKibben says, for once in his life, he is spreading good news. In his latest book, "Here Comes the Sun," he explains why the recent boom in solar and wind power has given him hope for the planet’s future, and he implores everyone to buy in.
Following his lecture, McKibben will be joined on stage by Rebecca Henderson and Oliver Wainwright for a conversation moderated by Gary Hilderbrand. We hope you can join us for this inspiring and important event.
Speaker:
Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the “alternative Nobel,” in the Swedish Parliament. He’s also won the Gandhi Peace Award and received honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written more than 20 books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened, and his latest, Here Comes the Sun.
00:00 Welcome by Sarah Rafson
03:02 Introduction by Gary Hilderbrand
13:42 Lecture by Bill McKibben
49:49 Discussion with Oliver Wainwright and Rebecca Henderson
01:21:21 Q+A
