3. AYCC

Hi all - this is an invitation to hear Bill McKibben - a leading US environmentalist and writer - speak about the global 350.org climate campaign.
Would love to see you there.

PUBLIC LECTURE by Bill McKibben
Mon 11 May 5.30pm

"Because the world needs to know": building an international climate movement



Leading US environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben will discuss the unique international campaigns and movements that have emerged in response to the implications of the latest findings in climate science. McKibben will outline the rapid changes going on in the popular and political response, proposing a path that is focused on action, creativity, and the rapid mobilisation of an international social movement to supplement the work of scientists and politicians on this issue.



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Monday 11 May 5.30pm - 7pm

Prince Philip Theatre
Ground Floor, Architecture Building (Building 133), University of Melbourne

Map here



Admission is FREE but bookings are recommended.

To book email: query-environment@unimelb.edu.au

Enquiries: 8344 5073



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Bill McKibben (http://www.billmckibben.com) is a leading writer on the environment, based in Vermont, USA. His is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College where he directs the Middlebury Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, and has held a Guggenheim Fellowship among other awards. He has just presented the 2009 Ideas lecture in Sydney.



McKibben has most recently been involved in organisation of the largest demonstrations against global warming in American history, the 'Step It Up 07' campaign. He is currently on tour, talking about the 350.org climate action campaign which he heads.



McKibben’s first book, 'The End of Nature', was published in 1989 by Random House. It is regarded as the first book for a general American audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages.




He trained as a journalist and joined the 'New Yorker' magazine as a staff writer, and wrote much of the "Talk of the Town" column from 1982 to early 1987. He is a frequent contributor to various publications including ‘The New York Times’, ‘The Atlantic Monthly’, ‘Harper's’, ‘Orion Magazine’, ‘Mother Jones’, ‘The New York Review of Books’, ‘Granta’, ‘Rolling Stone’, and ‘Outside’. He is also a board member and contributor to ‘Grist Magazine’.
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Presented by the Office for Environmental Programs and the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, with support from 350.org, Environment Victoria, the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and others.

Apologies for any cross posting.



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Ellen Sandell
Australian Youth Climate Coalition
0400544754
ellen.sandell@youthclimatecoalition.org