A Conversation with J.B. MacKinnon on his new book:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ (HarperCollins Publishers, link: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-day-the-world-stops-shopping-jb-mackinnon?variant=32269079838754)
June 16, 2021, 7:30 - 8:30 pm EST
Moderated by Andy Hoffman.
About the book: Consuming less is our best strategy for saving the planetโbut can we do it? In this thoughtful and surprisingly optimistic book, journalist J. B. MacKinnon investigates how we may achieve a world without shopping.
About the author: J. B. MacKinnon is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, National Geographic, and the Atlantic, as well as the Best American Science and Nature Writing anthologies. He is also the author of four books of nonfiction, including the bestselling ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ: ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ and ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (with Alisa Smith), widely recognized as a catalyst of the local foods movement.. He lives in Vancouver, Canada.
