Oil and Honey : The Education of an Unlikely Activist

from Helenoel

I received this book through the Library Thing Early Reviewers program in exchange for a promised review. I'm not entirely sure why it took me a long time to finish it, as it is engaging and well written. McKibben alternates between his transformation from a mild-mannered academic to an world-tra...

from Cobscook

I received Oil and Honey from the Early Reviewer program. This book recounts the author's work as an activist fighting the Keystone XL pipeline. A parallel storyline documents the work of a beekeeper in McKibben's Vermont community. I have read one other book by McKibben, Deep Economy, which real...

from archidose

The more I read non-fiction books, the more I realize that good ones are structured in a way that their raison d'etre happens at around the halfway point. Such is the case with Bill McKibben's environmental memoir, when just beyond page 100 we discover the relationship between the two halves of t...

from RChurch

This book is an autobiography of an environmental activist. Professor McKibben would characterize his role as a reluctant but necessary leader in the 350.org movement. He moves back and forth between his time on the road and life at home in Vermont. Unsurprisingly, the less complicated rural expe...

from StaffReads

I'm an unabashed Bill McKibben fan, a huge admirer of his 350.org movement and the path he has followed. As such, I enjoyed this book b/c he's talking about his personal journey, the person this movement has forced him to be vs. the person is really is. He juxtaposes a storyline of a bee keeper f...