![]() McKibben invited the soft-spoken and introspective farmer to speak to his class, and it was there that their collaborations began. Webster’s belief in small-scale farming was rooted in motivations that were much more than just environmental they were spiritual. ![]() It was while teaching a class on the value of the local food movement at Middlebury College in Vermont that his plans overlapped with local bee keeper, Kirk Webster, who also happened to be a neighbor. ![]() Before he became a mainstream environmental activist, he was a teacher, and it was in this capacity that he fell into the world of bee keeping. McKibben has long been a canary-in-the-coal-mine voice for climate change. ![]() It is where these two contrary stories converge that the book settles into itself. Known as a committed environmentalist and the founder of 350.org, McKibben has penned an intriguing analysis of the juxtaposition of the exhausting environmental fight to defeat the controversial pipeline against the calming world of all-natural bee keeping. ![]() With the long-fought battle for the Keystone XL pipeline now at an end, it is a fitting time to visit “Oil And Honey The Education Of An Unlikely Activist,” the recent book by best-selling author, Bill McKibben. Nancie Battaglia | Special to the Daily | Bill McKibben, author of âOil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist.â ![]()
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