Bill McKibben at Powell’s City of Books

Every eighteen hours, the world puts up a nuclear power plant’s-worth of solar panels. At the same time, combustion continues to melt our poles, poison our bodies, and drive our global inequality. And it is no longer necessary: For the first time in 700,000 years, we know how to catch the sun’s rays and convert them into energy. In Here Comes the Sun (W. W. Norton), world-renowned author Bill McKibben tells the story of our sudden spike in power from the sun and wind.

McKibben traces the arrival of plentiful, inexpensive solar energy, which, if it accelerates, gives us a chance not just to limit climate change’s damage, but to reorder the world on saner and more humane grounds. Getting there means overcoming obstacles like Big Oil, but McKibben sees a chance for a new civilization: one that looks up to the sun, every day, as the star that fuels our world.

Please note: This is a ticketed event. Tickets include admission, as well as one hardcover copy of Here Comes the Sun. Books distributed at event.