“A Solar Panel is a Symbol of Love”: Telling It on the Mountain, with Bill McKibben | Ep. 153

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In this engaging interview, Bill McKibben shares insights on climate change, renewable energy, and the role of faith communities in fostering cultural and technological change. Discover practical solutions, spiritual perspectives, and inspiring stories that motivate collective action for a sustainable future. 

McKibben’s writing has appeared in countless publications like The New Yorker and Rolling Stone, and he has written many books over the last few decades. In this perspective-broadening interview, Bill shares insights on climate change, renewable energy, and the role of faith communities in fostering cultural and technological change. This conversation covers practical solutions, spiritual perspectives, and inspiring stories that motivate collective action for a sustainable future. In particular, he claims that now more than ever we need creative thinking about implementing renewable energy strategies. And faith communities, he says, do have a special role to play. This episode, cocreated by Circlewood and our partner organization A Rocha USA, is cohosted by James Amadon, executive director of Circlewood, and by Deb Rienstra, a writer, speaker, and professor who serves on A Rocha USA’s advisory board. 

Links 

• Bill McKibben’s website 
• Here Comes the Sun by Bill McKibben 
• A Rocha USA 
• Deb Rienstra’s website 
• Earthkeepers Episode 85: Becoming Hope: Debra Rienstra on Her Book Refugia Faith 
• The Vatican’s solar project 
• Third Act: Harnessing generational power to safeguard our climate and democracy. 
• 350.org: Fighting climate change for people and planet 
• A Rocha USA: Ways to get involved 
• TEND: Cultivating faith-based, creation-focused community 
• Advocating for plug-in solar  

 Key  Topics 

• The economic shift towards renewable energy 
• The spiritual and cultural role in environmental change 
• Practical steps for individuals and communities 
• Older generations and their special capacities 
• Churches who choose to pursue renewables as acts of love 

Keywords 

climate change, renewable energy, faith communities, cultural change, environmental activism, solar power, policy, spirituality, sustainability, environmental justice; Laudato Si, Pope Francis, Pope Leo, plug-in solar, agrovoltaics, solar farms and ecological diversity, wind turbines as ocean reefs, Think Global Do Justice Podcast 

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