{"id":388,"date":"2026-06-26T13:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sarahmcelwain.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:41:08","slug":"elementor-388","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sarahmcelwain.com\/?p=388","title":{"rendered":"Elementor #388"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"388\" class=\"elementor elementor-388\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02320a1 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-e43a082 \" data-id=\"02320a1\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"02320a1\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"02320a1\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c7873b e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-15af165 \" data-id=\"9c7873b\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"9c7873b\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"9c7873b\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f625e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f625e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62861d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"62861d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/sarahmcelwain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/McKibben.gif\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-390\" alt=\"mckibben\" title=\"Elementor #388\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a47c81 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-7531d5f \" data-id=\"8a47c81\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"8a47c81\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"8a47c81\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7315a32 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7315a32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59af730 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59af730\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I first heard <strong>Bill McKibben<\/strong> speak at Occupy Wall Street through the People&#8217;s Mic. In 2024 delivering a sermon at the First Presbyterian Church of New York City,\u00a0 he turned the story of Job into a climate crisis parable.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"white-space: normal;\">In his memoir he shows us what was missing in our history books. In three chapter\u2014the flag, cross and station wagon\u2014he tell us what went wrong with the values we grew up with. And the meaning of patriotism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"white-space: normal;\"> He&#8217;s not all talk. Co-founder and Senior Advisor at <b>350.org,<\/b> an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. A founder of <b>Third Act, <\/b>a community of Americans over sixty determined to change the world for the better. 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