Underwater
https://portside.org/2017-12-18/underwater
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Author: Bill McKibben
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New York Times
'This is an incredibly cheerful and celebratory day, and you’ve picked as your speaker someone whose most famous book has the title ‘The End of Nature.’ There are moments when I think my role in the world is essentially to be a professional bummer-outer. ...
'We’re here at the 50th Eckerd commencement — if we don’t get it right, the 100th commencement won’t be right here because this will be underwater.'
Bill McKibben, environment activist
writer and co-founder of 350.org
Eckerd College
St. Petersburg, Florida