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Two Smart Environmentalists Chatting About Work

Bill McKibben of 350.org and Grist founder Chip Giller will be having a live web chat today at 3:00 p.m. Eastern.

Ben Jervey
By Ben JerveySep 24, 2010
Ben Jervey
Ben is a writer and editor covering climate change, energy, and environment, and is currently the Climate and Energy Media Fellow at Vermont Law School. He was the original Environment Editor at GOOD Magazine and his work has appeared regularly in National Geographic News, Grist, DeSmogBlog, and OnEarth. He recently worked with the non-profit Focus the Nation to publish an Energy 101 primer. When living in New York City, he wrote a book, The Big Green Apple, on how to live a lower impact life in the city. A bicycle enthusiast, Ben has ridden across the United States and through much of Europe.
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Doing something that they probably couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams as environmentalists back in the 1990s, 350.org's Bill McKibben and Grist founder Chip Giller will be having a live web chat today at 3:00 p.m. Eastern. They'll be talking mostly about the upcoming 10/10/10 Global Work Parties:

Are you fed up with political leaders who've failed again and again and again to put us on a path toward climate sanity? Clearly, it's time to take matters into our own hands -- literally.

That's the idea behind the Global Work Party being organized by 350.org. On 10/10/10, people all around the world will gather in their communities to get things done. Politicians are invited to come and take notes.

Here's what we'll be asking: "Is it true that Bill was Chip's babysitter once upon a time?" (We heard through the environmental media grapevine.)

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