Climate Crisis, Designer Babies, Our Common Future: An evening with john a. powell and Bill McKibben
john a. powell Director of the Haas Institute
for a Fair and Inclusive Society
Climate Crisis, Designer Babies, Our Common Future:
An evening with Bill McKibben and john a. powell
moderated by Osagie K. Obasogie
Bill McKibben
Author, educator, environmentalist,
and co-founder of 350.org
On October 18, 2019, the Center for Genetics and Society, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, and the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley hosted a conversation between Bill McKibben and john a. powell, two advocates and scholars who have written extensively about why we must join together to secure a just and fair future — before it’s too late.
The harms of climate catastrophe and creating genetically engineered humans would not be equally distributed. Both are challenges to social justice; how we handle them will shape the future of our planet and our species. Falter, the new book by Bill McKibben, explores the ideological commitments and political tendencies that have allowed these dangerous trends to develop unchecked. john a. powell’s writings on race, social justice, and spirituality chart a path toward a social order of inclusion and belonging that celebrates our commonalities and our differences.
Click here for a complete transcript of the event.
Event was sponsored by
The Center for Genetics and Society is fiscally sponsored by Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
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