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Bill mckibbens first book, the end of nature, was a clarion call on global warming, employing a conversational tone that inspired readers to take up the cause and launching mckibben as the. He is the schumann distinguished scholar at middlebury. His father gordon was a business editor and writer by profession and his mothers name was peggy mckibben. The wealth of communities and the durable future, and the end of nature, and more on. The book became a bestseller and was published in more than 20 languages. Bill mckibben, the longtime journalist and cofounder of, talks about climate migration, the 2020 democratic candidates, the green new deal and more.
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