Presbyterian Mission Agency Bill McKibben Archives

Environmentalist Bill McKibben will headline ‘Saving the Planet’ panel discussion April 16 at First Presbyterian Church in New York City

Posted April 5th, 2023

In advance of Earth Week 2023, First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York (Old First) is deepening its commitment to environmental stewardship.

Third Act’s Day of Action on March 21 seeks limits to bankrolling fossil fuel expansion

Posted February 13th, 2023

Third Act, whose members are age 60+, is organizing a Day of Action that will give people, regardless of age, an opportunity on March 21 to pressure the “Big Four” banks (Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo) to stop bankrolling the expansion of the fossil fuel industry.

When you’re not at General Assembly, go to Peace Camp

Posted June 4th, 2020

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly is usually a busy time for the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.

‘We’re the worst babysitters on the planet’

Posted May 19th, 2020

Author and environmentalist Bill McKibben is passionate about pursuing energy that comes from above — sun and wind, rather than from below — coal, oil and gas, fossil fuels that he says are literally “decreating” planet Earth.