Wisconsin Academy: Hosts author and environmentalist Bill McKibben on Saturday, April 17, at Isthmus Green Day in Madison

As part of the our mission of connecting people and ideas for a better Wisconsin, we’re pleased to announce we are bringing author and environmentalist Bill McKibben to this year’s Isthmus Green Day event this Saturday, April 17, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. McKibben is the author of EAARTH: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet and founder of 350.org, an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. His earlier book, The End of Nature, is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has been printed in more than 20 languages since its first publication in 1989.

As part of Isthmus Green Day and hosted by the Wisconsin Academy, McKibben will discuss his climate change research, his work with 350.org and sign copies of EAARTH at 11:00 am in the level one exhibition hall of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. Isthmus Green Day is a family-friendly, environmentally focused festival and exposition designed to help people in the greater Madison community—no matter what their circumstances—live a little greener. The festival features hundreds of products, dozens of demonstrations and an excellent roster of expert speakers. For more information on this year’s event lineup, visit the Isthmus Green Day page.

About the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters connects people and ideas for a better Wisconsin. Founded in 1870, the Wisconsin Academy provides a place where people who care about culture, nature, and the challenges of our times can gather for fruitful discourse and meaningful action. Wisconsin Academy programs include the James Watrous Gallery at the Overture Center for the Arts, a gallery by and for Wisconsin artists; Wisconsin People & Ideas, our quarterly magazine about Wisconsin thought and culture; Academy Evenings, our statewide series of public forums; and the Wisconsin Idea, a public policy program—the most recent of which focuses on “The Future of Farming and Rural Life in Wisconsin.” For more information on our programs and events, or to become a member of the Wisconsin Academy, visit wisconsinacademy.org .