Environmentalist-author to discuss climate change at Discovery Park presentation

Bill McKibben, the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and the founder and senior advisor at 350.org, will present "Hot Times: Reports from the Front Lines of the Climate Fight," at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall.

A discussion facilitated by Justin Dearborn, CEO of Tronc Inc., and a book signing will follow the presentation.

The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series and part of the official launch of Purdue’s new Environmental and Sustainability Studies Certificate. Co-sponsors are Discovery Park’s Center for the Environment, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Purdue Climate Change Research Center in Discovery Park.

McKibben is an American environmentalist, author and journalist who has written extensively on the influences of global warming. In 2014, he received the Right Livelihood Prize. His 1989 book “The End of Nature” is regarded as the first book about climate change for a general audience.

Other upcoming Discovery Park Distinguished Lectures are:

* April 24: Venkatesh Narayanamurti, the Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public Policy at Harvard University, “Bridging the Basic-Applied Dichotomy and the Cycles of Invention and Discovery.” 1:30-2:30 p.m., Burton D. Morgan Building, Room 121.

* April 26: Arup K. Chakraborty, the Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering; professor of chemistry, physics and biological engineering; and director, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “How to Hit HIV Where It Hurts.” 4-5 p.m., location to be determined.

For more information on upcoming presentations, visit the Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture Series website at www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/dls, or contact Maria Longoria-Littleton, Discovery Park engagement operations manager, at mlongori@purdue.edu.

Writer: Angie Roberts, akroberts@purdue.edu