What will you do with your one wild and precious planet? (w/ Bill McKibben)

How to Be a Better Human

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McKibbin: Young people are doing all the work, man. They lack the structural power to make the changes we need in the time that we have. The reason I'm organizing people with hair lines like mine is because people over 60 have structural power coming out their ears. There's no known way to stop old people from voting. So if anyone's going to be able to help back up those young people in the lead, it's their grandparents.

Most of us get that climate change is a global problem we need to solve, fast. But that can feel incredibly overwhelming when most of us don’t even know where to start. Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively about climate change and global warming. With a refreshing lightheartedness and frank outlook, Bill discusses the emotions, ideas and data that keep him moving forward in the battle against climate change and outlines ways you too can take action to save the planet you call home. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts