Bill McKibben
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Oddly, I believe Cassandra was correct
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Oddly, I believe Cassandra was correct
well, you've definitely written more university press books than i have.
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
well, you've definitely written more university press books than i have.
I am drool-prone, it comes with age
It seems to me Christianity has several different track records
It seems to me Christianity has several different track records
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I am drool-prone, it comes with age
It seems to me Christianity has several different track records
It seems to me Christianity has several different track records
this has real significance in presidential politics--and it's a big reminder that clean energy isn't just for places with deserts or offshore wind
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
this has real significance in presidential politics--and it's a big reminder that clean energy isn't just for places with deserts or offshore wind
yes. everyone said it. for a long time
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
yes. everyone said it. for a long time
and that picture was actually from a South African bus boycott. Here's one of Montgomery
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
and that picture was actually from a South African bus boycott. Here's one of Montgomery
here's one nationwide effort thirdact.org/our-work/sim...
Simplify Solar – Third Act
thirdact.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
here's one nationwide effort thirdact.org/our-work/sim...
a place to start thirdact.org/our-work/sim...
Simplify Solar – Third Act
thirdact.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
a place to start thirdact.org/our-work/sim...
you are a lucky man, you have hundreds of hours of fascinating listening stored up!
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
you are a lucky man, you have hundreds of hours of fascinating listening stored up!
excellent books y'all!
December 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
excellent books y'all!
Well, Dr. King entitled his book on nonviolence three years later "An Experiment in Love."
I've always thought of Parks and King and Gandhi and many others in that era as experimenting with a pretty new idea--experiments that some of us are continuing in the present!
I've always thought of Parks and King and Gandhi and many others in that era as experimenting with a pretty new idea--experiments that some of us are continuing in the present!
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well, Dr. King entitled his book on nonviolence three years later "An Experiment in Love."
I've always thought of Parks and King and Gandhi and many others in that era as experimenting with a pretty new idea--experiments that some of us are continuing in the present!
I've always thought of Parks and King and Gandhi and many others in that era as experimenting with a pretty new idea--experiments that some of us are continuing in the present!
And this is a new and fascinating understanding!
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And this is a new and fascinating understanding!
they're soaking up less than they used to, because we've raised the temperature
but forests and plankton are our best allies in trying to limit the rise of the planet's temperature, followed by Chinese green tech
but forests and plankton are our best allies in trying to limit the rise of the planet's temperature, followed by Chinese green tech
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
they're soaking up less than they used to, because we've raised the temperature
but forests and plankton are our best allies in trying to limit the rise of the planet's temperature, followed by Chinese green tech
but forests and plankton are our best allies in trying to limit the rise of the planet's temperature, followed by Chinese green tech
It feels like these two have roughly the same relation to journalism as RFK Jr does to medicine
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
It feels like these two have roughly the same relation to journalism as RFK Jr does to medicine
Germans are famously loosey-goosey about regulations, that's what i've heard
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Germans are famously loosey-goosey about regulations, that's what i've heard
Anyway, 'Blackrock' is a useful stand-in for 'high finance' and this is an important stand to be making
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Anyway, 'Blackrock' is a useful stand-in for 'high finance' and this is an important stand to be making
Many thanks to the activists who pushed, and to the political leader who listened. This isn't all that we've hoped for, and it will require his successor to walk down the same path--but in Mamdani's New York that seems highly likely.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Many thanks to the activists who pushed, and to the political leader who listened. This isn't all that we've hoped for, and it will require his successor to walk down the same path--but in Mamdani's New York that seems highly likely.