Join us for an enlightening event with acclaimed author and environmentalist Bill McKibben as he discusses his latest book, "Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization."  Don't miss this opportunity to learn from one of the leading voices in the environmental movement!

Bill McKibben is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He founded the first global grassroots climate campaign, 350.org, and serves as the Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College in Vermont. In 2014 he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel,’ in the Swedish Parliament. He's also won the Gandhi Peace Award, and honorary degrees from 19 colleges and universities. He has written over twenty books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature, published in 1989, his probing memoir, The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened, and his latest book, Here Comes The Sun: The Last Chance for Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.

This free public event is hosted by Boston College's Environmental Studies Program. Registration via Eventbrite is required to attend this in-person event.

Co-Sponsors: Institute for Liberal Arts, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, Sociology Department, and the History Department.