Bill McKibben: Send the prez-elect to Poland! | The environmental news blog Grist

Bill McKibben: Send the prez-elect to Poland! The environmental news blog Grist: “There have been moments in the last few weeks when it seemed like the world was ending. ‘Financial Meltdown!’ the headlines screamed. Bad as it has been, however, it’s nothing compared to the real meltdown now underway across the planet — our home planet, the one we share whether we’re rich or poor, American or African, or, for that matter, human or plant or animal.

“Which is why we’re launching a big campaign this fall to remind the presidential candidates that this election is about Ohio, and Florida, and Pennsylvania — and Bangladesh. That the battlegrounds include New Hampshire and Nevada — and Nairobi. That bailing out Wall Street is about pumping money into the credit markets — and figuring out a way to wean our economy off the gas pump.”

[This is a guest post from Bill McKibben, a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and author of a dozen books, most recently The Bill McKibben Reader. McKibben serves on Grist's board of directors and is cofounder of 350.org.]