Inheriting Climate Change
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself?
Climate One · Climate One from The Commonwealth Club
June 9, 201752m 39s
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Show Notes
Do the baby boomers owe millennials a clean planet? Or is it every generation for itself? Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving their younger counterparts with a mountain of debt and a destabilized climate. Yet they still rule the roost politically. In his new book “A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America,” Gen-Xer Bruce Gibney argues that the aging baby boomers who make up most of congress are holding up progress -- and it’s time they got out of the way. How do we span the generation gap? What can boomers do to engage future generations and help empower them in the fight against climate change?
Guests:
Carleen Cullen, Founder and Executive Director, Cool the Earth Bruce Gibney, Author, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
Professor Michael Ranney, Department of Psychology, Graduate School of Education, U.C. Berkeley
Wilford Welch, Speaker on Sustainability and Resilience
This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 8, 2017.
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