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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}BillMcKibbenNancieBattaglia)-LowRes-250pxl.jpg" style="width: 150px; height: 197px; float: right; " />When environmental author and leader Bill McKibben came to the University of Michigan for a public lecture on the 350.org movement co-sponsored by the&nbsp;<a href="http://cfs-aa.org/">Center for Faith and Scholarship</a>, he readily agreed to share an interview with us. &nbsp;Author of a dozen books, a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, and &quot;probably the country&#39;s most important environmentalist&quot; according to the Boston Globe, it is evident that McKibben&#39;s Christian beliefs and passion for God&#39;s earth intertwine in his personal and professional life. &nbsp;His commentary on the book of Job, called &#39;The Comforting Whirlwind,&#39; lucidly laments a world where human hubris has led to &quot;decreating&quot; God&#39;s world around us (we were grateful to receive a signed copy for the Au Sable library that reads,&nbsp;<em>&quot;For the Au Sable Institute, and all who pass through its doors, with thanks for your witness&quot;</em>). &nbsp;Au Sable Communications Coordinator, Dieter Bouma, spoke with Bill about his personal experiences with the climate change movement and its intersection with his faith.&nbsp;</p>
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	<strong>Your &#39;International Day of Climate Action&#39; in 2009 drew participation from 181 countries. &nbsp;I&#39;m guessing that in all of these countries, there are Christian mission and development organizations. &nbsp;Have you seen Christian organizations focused on work overseas, whether its missions or social justice focused, mobilize around addressing climate change? &nbsp;Why or why not?</strong></p>
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	We have good help from Christians on the ground in many places. Hundreds of churches rang their bells 350 times on our first global day of action; Bartholomew, patriarch of the Orthodox church, told his 400 million followers &quot;global warming is a sin and 350 is an act of redemption.&quot; Desmond Tutu was one of our first collaborators and remains among our most steadfast.&nbsp;</p>
