Power from the Sun: Hope in a Shattered World - Bill McKibben

An article written and read by Bill McKibben.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 a dozen books about the environment, from his first, The End of Nature (1989) to the just-released Here Comes The Sun (2025).Read the full article and discover additional content in the Fall 2025 Issue of From the Ground Up.