earth rise conversations of great minds i'm joined by bill mckibben bill is an author environmentalist and activist in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight he wrote the end of nature in my opinion the heir to rachel carlson carson's silent spring and since then gone on to write more than a dozen notable books about the environment and our human impact on it he's the co-founder and chairman of the board of the grassroots organization climate change organization three fifty dot org which is coordinating fifteen thousand rallies in one hundred eighty nine countries since two thousand and nine and two thousand and ten the boston globe called in the nation's leading environmentalist and time magazine described him as the world's best green journalist and recently he was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences his latest book earth the double a making a life on a tough new planet is a guide to living on our fundamentally altered planet bill welcome tom good to be with you as always thank you great to have you with us first off you're in d.c. this week for a very speci

months ago we'll begin with another look at my interview with author environmentalist and activist bill mckibben a true advocate for the planet and a man who's don't grow.