Join 350PDX on Sunday, October 23rd for a special talk by Bill McKibben, world-renowned environmental activist, author and founder of 350.org, on the Climate’s Future at the First Unitarian Church (1211 SW Main St in downtown Portland). Tickets are $10 for students and $20 general admission, no one will be turned away for lack of funds (email mia@350pdx.org for low-income tickets). Doors open at 6:30pm.

This event was originally scheduled for June 17th.

Bill McKibben is a world renowned author and environmental activist. His 1989 groundbreaking book The End of Nature was the first of his 13 remarkable books about climate change. In 2007 he helped found 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the 2013 winner of the Gandhi Prize and the Thomas Merton Prize and holds honorary degrees from 18 colleges and universities.

350.org is an international grassroots climate change initiative which has organized over 20,000 rallies around the globe to promote fossil fuel divestment. 350 means climate safety, reducing the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of over 400 parts per million to a livable planet level of 350ppm.

is building a diverse grassroots movement to help solve the climate crisis. We are volunteer led, with a 150-person core organized in teams: Arts & Events, Outreach, Communications, Development, Divest/Reinvest, and 5 neighborhood teams. With one foot in politics and one foot in the streets, 350PDX models localized solutions to the climate crisis.

For tickets for the intimate fundraiser for 350PDX with Bill McKibben before the main lecture, use this link. Fundraiser tickets are $100, with 100% of the donated amount benefiting 350PDX, and is limited to 50 people. Fundraiser tickets include a drink at the bar and a reserved seat up close at the larger public event with Bill McKibben at 7:00 pm at the First Unitarian Church, 1211 SW Main.