while we do that, bill mckibben is author, educator, environment list co-fofounder of 350.org. inter we speak to bill vermont, are going to london to speak with kumi naidoo, the first african to head greenpeace. use the former head of greenpeace and the former hehead of amnesty interernational. then we are heading to chchile. this is demomocracy now! we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] amy: earth day network present dharti ma, a tribute to earth. commemorating earth dates 50t0th and -- e earth day'' is 5050th anniversary. the theme is "climate action." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. gonzalelez. as we mark this 50th anniversary of earth day started have a century ago. 10% of the u.s. population particicipated in evenents. we are joined by bill mckibben, ,ho is the founder of 350.org authoror, educacator, envivironmentalistst. his latetest book "falter: has e , , human game begun to playay itself out?" hihis recent piece in the new yorker "how we can build a , hardier world after the coronavirus." in the nation "this eart

>> there is a wonderful thing my friend bill mckibben has been a great climate activists for 30 yearssk this question but a lot of times people say, what can i do as an individual? he says, stop being an individual. meeting joints and think about finding your people. this can be a really wonderful thing. the kids who been doing fridays for future looks like you might've been doing that. have you done that? i love you, you're the best. just such wonderful amazing people and feminism i think often means working really hard at what's going on from a gender perspective and finding people. often as women we are told that didn't happen that didn't matter, we are going to trust anyone's verdict before you. find people who have who back you up. find people who value you. find people who believe in you and believe you when you say that something happened in those of the people you want to be with. those are the people who are feminist. i hope you find both of those t people and you are the kind of people i think about when i do this work because you are the future and i wanted to be as beautif

amy: that is bill l mckibben. those are some of the headlines. this is s democracy now!, democracynow.orgrg, the ququarae report. i am amy goodman in new york gonzalezohost juan joining from his home in new jersey. second only to new york with infections and deaths from covid-19 with at least 88,000 cases and nearlrly 4500 d death. juan,, w welcome. juan: welcome to o all of ourur listeneners and viewers s from around the country andnd around ththe world. amy: before we continunue with e show, we spoke on here lasast tuesday. your mother had just gone into the hospital. 92 years old. in new jersey. and she tested positive for covid-19. can you give us an update on your mom and also your wife? >> yes, any. thank you for asking. mymy mother was in t the hospitl for several days but thank lee, she was released late last week and wawas s sent to a rehabilitn center w where she is getting se thererapy now to get her strengh back. it seeeems she is out of danger. likewise w with my wifife. we h had a rough time last week. she e was in really badd shapepr several dadays, but no