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What baby boomers can do about climate change, according to Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is an activist, author, and most recently, founder of Third Act. The group, which launched in 2021, has grown to more than 50,000 members who address climate and racial justice issues. What’s unique about this group? Everyone involved is over the age of 60.

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Bill McKibben: Climate change is the legacy of people over the age of 60. That’s why we must protest

I’m proud to be part of Third Act, a climate activist organization for people over the age of 60.

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Group wants older Ohioans to fight climate change by taking a hard look at where they bank

Third Act, a national organization fighting against climate change, officially launched its Ohio chapter Dec. 1. Leaders of Third Act Ohio hope to inspire residents older than 60 to send a message to big banks that fund the fossil fuel industry by moving their money elsewhere.

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Bill Mckibben addresses climate-change alarms, solutions at FoA

Clad in tan slacks and a T-shirt trumpeting his new nonprofit, Third Act, Bill McKibben described himself, pretty accurately, as a “professional bummer-outer of people”—always the smartest guy in the room, always prepared with reams of dire statistics about our impending doom due to the carbon we’re spewing into the atmosphere.

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What baby boomers can do about climate change, according to Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben: Climate change is the legacy of people over the age of 60. That’s why we must protest

Group wants older Ohioans to fight climate change by taking a hard look at where they bank

Bill Mckibben addresses climate-change alarms, solutions at FoA

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