BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//198.199.98.90//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Occupy Oakland X-WR-CALDESC:#OccupyOakland X-FROM-URL:https://occupyoakland.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20271107T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20270314T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-78596@occupyoakland.org DTSTAMP:20260808T170017Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Event CONTACT:strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com\; https://strike-debt-bay-area.tumbl r.com/ DESCRIPTION:Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!\nFor our June\, 2026 meeting we will be reading and discussing the first four chapters of Here Comes the Sun\, by Bill McKinnen (Amazon) (Norton). For our July meeting we will finish t he book.\nOur climate\, and our democracy\, are melting down. But Bill McK ibben\, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis\, ins ists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any e nergy source in history―if we can keep accelerating the pace\, we have a c hance.\nHere Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power fr om the sun and wind―and the desperate fight of the fossil fuel industry an d their politicians to hold this new power at bay. From the everyday citiz ens who installed solar panels equal to a third of Pakistan’s electric gri d in a year to the world’s sixth-largest economy―California―nearly halving its use of natural gas in the last two years\, Bill McKibben traces the a rrival of plentiful\, inexpensive solar energy. And he shows how solar pow er is more than just a path out of the climate crisis: it is a chance to r eorder the world on saner and more humane grounds. You can’t hoard solar e nergy or hold it in reserves―it’s available to all.\nThere’s no guarantee we can make this change in time\, but there is a hope―in McKibben’s eyes\, our best hope for a new civilization: one that looks up to the sun\, ever y day\, as the star that fuels our world.\nStrike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic t hinking. Our first book was Doughnut Economics\, and our most recent book s were Pacific Circuit\, A Paradise Built in Hell\, What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Planetary Crisis\, The Age of Insecurity and Elinor Ostrom’s R ules for Radicals. For the rest of our reading list see here.\n\n \n\n82 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T183000 LOCATION:Online RDATE;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T170000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Here Comes the Sun\, by Bill McKib ben URL:https://occupyoakland.org/event/strike-debt-bay-area-book-group-here-co mes-the-sun-by-bill-mckibben/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/here-comes-the-sun.j pg\;285\;285\,medium\;/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/here-comes-the-sun.jpg\; 285\;285\,large\;/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/here-comes-the-sun.jpg\;285\; 285\,full\;/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/here-comes-the-sun.jpg\;285\;285 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n

Email strike. debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. All are welcome!

For our June\, 2026 meeting we will be reading a nd discussing the first four chapters of Here Comes the Sun\, by Bill McKinnen (Amazon) (Norton). For our July meeting we will finish the book.

Our climate\, and our democracy\, are me lting down. But Bill McKibben\, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis\, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energ y from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and g rowing faster than any energy source in history―if we can keep acceleratin g the pace\, we have a chance.

< em>Here Comes the Sun tells the story o f the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind―and the desperate fight of the fossil fuel industry and their politicians to hold this new power a t bay. From the everyday citizens who installed solar panels equal to a th ird of Pakistan’s electric grid in a year to the world’s sixth-largest eco nomy―California―nearly halving its use of natural gas in the last two year s\, Bill McKibben traces the arrival of plentiful\, inexpensive solar ener gy. And he shows how solar power is more than just a path out of the clima te crisis: it is a chance to reorder the world on saner and more humane gr ounds. You can’t hoard solar energy or hold it in reserves―it’s available to all.

There’s no guarantee we can make this change in time\, but there is a hope―in McKibben’s eyes\ , our best hope for a new civilization: one that looks up to the sun\, eve ry day\, as the star that fuels our world.

Strike Debt Bay Ar ea hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radic al economic thinking. Our first book was Doughnut Economics\, and our most recent books were Pacific Circuit\, A Paradise Built in Hel l\, What’s Left – 3 Paths Through the Pla netary Crisis\, The Age of Insecurity a nd Elinor Ostrom’s Rules for Radicals. For the rest of our reading list see h ere.

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