environmentalist and author. In Mr. McKibben's 1989 book, The End of Nature, this widely acclaimed writer and environmentalist catapulted global warming into mainstream consciousness. Between then and Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, he has become one of the world’s most respected voices championing a livable future on earth. He has written a series of influential books, is an adjunct professor, appears in all kinds of publications, is regularly in the mass media representing solutions and responsibilities to environmental crises, organizes grassroots efforts urging political action on global climate change and draws attention to its crisis proportions at the website: 350.org.
