Bill McKibben

In his late 30s, celebrated essayist, journalist, and author Bill McKibben - never much of an athlete - decided the time had come for him to really test his body. Cross-country skiing his challenge of choice, he lived the fantasy of many amateur athletes and trained - with the help of a coach/guru - nearly full-time, …

Divided into three sections, Hope, Human and Wild profiles the efforts of three caring communities to preserve wilderness and reverse environmental devastation. They include the reforestation of McKibben's home territory, New York's Adirondack Mountains; solving traffic and pollution problems in the densely populated …

Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet is a book written by Bill McKibben, published by Henry Holt and Company in 2010. In the opening chapter, McKibben presents an array of facts and statistics about changes that are already visible, supported by extensive footnotes. In the second and third chapters, McKibben …

Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age is a book by Maggie Jackson.

Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future a non-fiction work by Bill McKibben, an environmentalist who published in the field of ecological economics in 2007. The work promoted sustainable economy in close knit communities. These included regions that generated their own food, their own energy, …