WHAT WE CAN’T BURN | A Busboys and Poets Books Presentation
Date and Time
Oct 3, 2024 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Oct 3, 2024 6:00 pm
450K
When they met as juniors in college, Kenyan clean energy entrepreneur Tom Osborn and American climate writer Eve Driver did not get along. While a trip to Kenya over winter break sparked an unlikely friendship, it was tested back on campus amid their college’s fossil fuel divestment campaign — which Eve joined, and Tom opposed.
In fresh voices that are raw, funny, and lyrical, the two take turns telling the story of their rocky but transformative friendship, which gripped and changed both of their minds. The result is a poignant story of coming of age in a generation divided about how to save itself, and a testament to the power of humor and dialogue to bridge divides in the global climate movement.
Eve Driver is joining us on the Busboys stage to share more about her experiences in climate activism and what it really takes to make a difference in this movement. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Driver will be signing following the program.
This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of WHAT WE CAN’T BURN will be available for purchase before and after the event. Please note that this event is in person and will not be livestreamed.
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Eve Driver is a writer and strategist. Her essays and reporting have been published in Grist, Quartz, the Tusculum Review, Harvard Magazine, and Mongabay, and she has worked as a journalist in Nairobi, a strategy consultant in New York, and a climate policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy. She is working on a collection of poetry.
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