Bill McKibben on Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What to Do!

In this episode of the Crowdsourcing Sustainability Podcast, Bill McKibben shares his 30,000-foot view with us on the past, present, and future - How did we get here? Where we are now? And what do we need to invest our time and energy in going forward to co-create the best possible future?

Timeline
0:00 Intro
1:30 Bill's climate story
6:29 Why "the choices we made in those years around 1980 will turn out to be more important than any choices any nation ever made."
12:45 On the "non-trivial chance of civilizational collapse"
17:00 The good news is...
21:20 Bill's theory of change
25:50 Third Act & the important role of people over the age of 60
31:50 On threats to democracy
33:40 Effective organizing
35:40 The role of religious communities and how to shift the zeitgeist
39:40 Final thoughts

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And a huge thank you to Diego Rentsch for editing!!