Wednesday, November 16th at 12:30 at the Chan Center
Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and activist. Hailed “the world’s best green journalist” by Time magazine, McKibben has re-framed the climate change debate. He is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including his seminal The End of Nature (1989), widely regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience.
Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. Tickets will be available in the Chan Centre box office and free to all UBC students, staff, and faculty. Stay tuned to terry.ubc.ca for updates.
Who?
Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and activist. Hailed “the world’s best green journalist” by Time magazine, McKibben has re-framed the climate change debate. He is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including his seminal The End of Nature (1989), widely regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience.
In addition to his writings, he has worked tirelessly to foster global grassroots activism in the struggle for climate justice. As head of 350.org, he organized a demonstration that spanned 181 countries, labeled “the largest ever global coordinated rally of any kind” by Foreign Policy magazine. Since 2009, he has organized over 15,000 rallies to pressure government and industry for real climate action. An activist and intellectual that exemplifies the Terry philosophy, Bill McKibben is an interdisciplinary thinker who is moved by the force of conscience to fight a global inequity of the highest order—one where the behavior of a fortunate few devastates the vulnerable many.
When?
Wednesday, November 16th at 12:30PM.
Where?
Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. Tickets will be available in the Chan Centre box office and free to all UBC students, staff, faculty and UBC alumbi. These tickets are now ready for pick-up at the Chan Centre box office as of 12 noon, Friday, October 28th. You will need to bring your UBC ID in order to pick up tickets (2 per person max). UBC Alumni can also get the same access if they present an ACard at the box office (details on getting this free card can be found here). Note that each ticket represents a physical seat: please do not get one if you do not plan on using it. This is why we’ve made it so that you have to physically get them from the Chan Box Office as past experience has shown that if we allowed online registration, many of the tickets were not used. This, in turn, translated to others not being able to see the talk. Note that if you are a UBC group, class, organization, etc and would like a block of tickets, please contact Dave Ng at db@interchange.ubc.ca for inquiries. Public tickets (also free) will be available at a later date – stay tuned…
Why?
Though many have come to accept the scientific consensus around climate change, political realities still stifle the hope of real climate action. To help address this political impasse, Bill McKibben will share his invaluable experience mobilizing global grassroots activism. He will share stories from the front lines of the climate fight – from every corner of planet, including our own backyard. Of particular interest to Canadian university students, he will address the Keystone XL pipeline and Albert Tar Sands development. Some stories are hopeful, some are not, but one thing is certain: we finally have a movement, and Bill would like you to be a part of it.