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Download (//d2ihvqrbsd9p9p.cloudfront.net/contentAsset/raw-data/14a62d00-e0c2-4d17-a714-e38be317c65f/image1)Climate-change expert Bill McKibben coming to St. Thomas andMacalesterSt. Paul, Minn.  --  Bill McKibben, one of the nation’sbest-known environmental journalists and an expert on globalwarming, will visit the University of St. Thomas andMacalester College Feb. 20 and 21 for a series of lectures andprograms titled “Celebrating and Preserving Winter:Responding to Climate Change in Minnesota and Wisconsin.”2012 is now in the record books as the warmest ever for thelower 48 states; the Twin Cities, meanwhile, saw a virtual tiefor its warmest year on record.  “Minnesota and Wisconsin are the third- and fourth-fastestwarming states in the country, partly because of lack of snowcover during the winter,” said Paul Thompson, director andco-founder of Edina-based Cool Planet, one of the sponsors ofMcKibben’s visit to the Twin Cities. “We cannot continue tothink of climate change as a problem down the road. Futuregenerations are depending on us to take the actions necessarynow to move in the direction of a sustainable, renewable andclean-energy future.”McKibben, of Ripton, Vt., is author of a dozen books about theenvironment, including Eaarth, Deep Economy and The End ofNature. He is the founder of 350.org (http://350.org/), agrassroots organization that has coordinated 15,000 rallies in 189 countries since 2009. He was called “theplanet’s best green journalist” by Time magazine and “probably the country’s most importantenvironmentalist” by the Boston Globe.  He holds a dozen honorary degrees and in 2011 was elected a fellowof the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.He also is a seasoned cross-country skier and will join 10,000 skiers from throughout the world in the40th annual, 54-kilometer American Birkebeiner (http://www.birkie.com/) from Cable, Wis., to Hayward,Wis., on Saturday, Feb. 23.McKibben’s first talk, followed by a panel discussion, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, inWoulfe Alumni Hall, located on the third floor of Anderson Student Center at St. Thomas.McKibben’s second talk will run from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the WeyerhaeuserMemorial Chapel at Macalester. It will be followed by an audience discussion from 1 to 2:30 p.m.Both talks are free and open to the public.Also at St. Thomas on Wednesday, Feb. 20, a poster session on sustainability research conducted by St.Thomas students will be displayed all day in Campus Way on the second floor of Anderson Student Center. Aresource and information fair will run from 5 to 7 p.m. in the third-floor atrium of Woulfe Alumni Hall.Climate-change expert Bill McKibben coming to St. Thomas and Macale... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2013/02/climate-change-expert-bill-mc...1 of 3 7/6/2016 2:19 PMAlso at Macalester, at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, cross-country skiers will ski across the Macalestercampus, starting from the Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel, as a send-off for McKibben as he departs for theBirkebeiner.Students at St. Thomas and Macalester are invited to enter a “What I Love About Winter” video contest inconnection with McKibben’s visit. For details, see: https://sites.google.com/site/wintervideocontest/(https://sites.google.com/site/wintervideocontest/).  Students also can fill out a “What I Love About Winter”card that can be picked up at the Tommie Central information desk in the main lobby of Anderson StudentCenter.McKibben’s books will be available for purchase and signing at both lectures.In addition to Cool Plant, McKibben’s visit is sponsored by MN350.org and Minnesota Interfaith Power andLight.Sponsors at St. Thomas are the Environmental Science Program, University Lectures Committee, GreenTeam, Geology Club, Engineers for a Sustainable World and Undergraduate Student Government Committeeon Sustainability.Sponsors at Macalester are the Environmental Studies Department, Sustainability Office, StudentSustainability Network and MacCARES. Contacts:Dr. Thomas Hickson, director of Environmental Science, St. Thomas(651) 962-65241 and tahickson@stthomas.edu (mailto:tahickson@stthomas.edu)Dr. Christie Manning, Environmental Studies, Macalester(651) 696-6164 (tel:\%28651%29%20696-6164)  cmanning@macalester.edu(mailto:cmanning@macalester.edu)Paul Thompson, director of Cool Planet(952) 920-1547 (tel:\%28952%29%20920-1547), (612) 810-4664 (tel:\%28612%29%20810-4664) and ptflydisc@aol.com (mailto:ptflydisc@aol.com)Barbara Laskin, Macalester media relations(651) 696-6451 (tel:\%28651%29%20696-6451) and laskin@macalester.edu (mailto:laskin@macalester.edu)Jim Winterer, St. Thomas media relations(651) 962-6404 (tel:\%28651%29%20962-6404) and jcwinterer@stthomas.edu(mailto:jcwinterer@stthomas.edu)February 5 2013About Macalester (http://www.macalester.edu/about/)Academics (http://www.macalester.edu/academics/)Admissions & Financial Aid (http://www.macalester.edu/admissions/)Life at Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/lifeatmac/)Climate-change expert Bill McKibben coming to St. Thomas and Macale... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2013/02/climate-change-expert-bill-mc...2 of 3 7/6/2016 2:19 PMSupport Mac (http://www.macalester.edu/supportmac/)Climate-change expert Bill McKibben coming to St. Thomas and Macale... http://www.macalester.edu/news/2013/02/climate-change-expert-bill-mc...3 of 3 7/6/2016 2:19 PM

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