09/18/2025
FIRST SESSION IS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19!
REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5MPHUVFpSFWoFmf7KaXL0w
Here Comes the Sun - Book Discussion
The World House Institute for Social and Ecological Responsibility invites you to participate in a four-week discussion on Bill McKibben's book, HERE COMES THE SUN: A LAST CHANCE FOR THE CLIMATE AND A FRESH CHANCE FOR CIVILIZATION. The discussion will be led by Dr. Mark Davies, Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics, Director of the World House Institute at Oklahoma City University, and Executive Director of The United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's Leadership, Education, and Development (LEAD) Hub in the United States.
Bill McKibben is founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change. He’s gone on to write 20 books, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, sometimes called the alternative Nobel, in the Swedish Parliament.
McKibben helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent, including Antarctica, for climate action. He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has become the biggest anti-corporate campaign in history, with endowments worth more than $40 trillion stepping back from oil, gas and coal. See https://billmckibben.com/bio/
Our discussions will be held on Fridays from noon to 1:30 p.m. from September 19 to October 10, 2025
Week One: Introduction
Week Two: Section One: We could do this
Week Three: Section Two: There’s no Reason not to do this
Week Four: Section Three: Let’s do this!
