In 2010 he published Eaarth: Making a Life on a tough New Planet, describing the onset of climate change: “We’ve built a new Eaarth. It’s not as nice as the old one; it’s the greatest mistake humans have ever made, one that we will pay literally forever. We live on a new planet. But we have to live on it. So we better start understanding what is going on”.
McKibben longs for the good old days
20 Sep 1900 – GALVESTON HURRICANE. LONDON, Sept. 14, 1.17 p.m.
http://news.google.com/newspapers
Ahhh … the good old fossil-fuel free days:
1896: “BUBONIC PLAGUE IN CHINA. TWO THOUSAND DEATHS.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/33124134
“…The Sophie Prize is an international award (US $ 100,000), for environment and sustainable development, awarded annually. The Sophie Prize is established to inspire people working towards a sustainable future…”
I wonder how much of that $100,000 McKibbin (this year’s winner) and Hansen (2010’s winner) gave to other “sustainable” charities.
“We’ve built a new Eaarth.”
Did we terraform Mars or something while I wasn’t looking?