In spring 2015, Naomi Klein will be the Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair in the at the .
Klein will present a lecture, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism Vs. The Climate,” at the UH Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom on Thursday, February 26, 6–7:30 p.m.
Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and number one international bestseller, , published in over 30 languages with more than a million copies in print.
Klein’s first book was also an international bestseller, translated into over 25 languages with more than a million copies in print. In 2011, named the book as one of the Top 100 non-fiction books published since 1923.
She is a contributing editor for , a reporter for and writes a regular column for The Nation and that is syndicated internationally by .
She is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at and a former Miliband Fellow at the . She holds an honorary doctor of civil laws from the , Nova Scotia.
Klein’s newest work: This Changes Everything
Her most recent book, , was an instant bestseller when published in September, it debuted at #5 on The New York Times list and is at the top of multiple bestseller lists in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. The New York Times has called it “the most momentous and contentious environmental book since Silent Spring.”
In This Changes Everything, Klein tackles the most profound threat humanity has ever faced: the war, she argues, our economic model is waging against life on earth.
Klein exposes the myths that are clouding the debate on climate change and how to best respond to this crisis. She argues the capitalist market cannot save us, and an addiction to profit and growth only exacerbates the problem. She shows it is far from impossible to get off fossil fuels, indeed we know exactly how to do it: rein in corporate power, rebuild local economies and reclaim local democracies.
More about the lecture
Klein’s book will be made available for purchase by the UH Mānoa Bookstore. No tickets are required. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Seating is open and on a first-come, first-serve basis. This event is free and open to the public. No tickets required.
The lecture is generously co-sponsored by Dai Ho Chun Endowment for Distinguished Chair at the University of 麻豆传媒 at Mānoa’s , the International Cultural Studies Program and the . The event is organized by UH Mānoa Professor Christina Gerhardt.