McKibben: Ripton trails are 'book of the outdoors'

Posted on July 7, 2011 |

• Ripton
• Bill McKibben

By Jeff Price

RIPTON — Prominent author and environmentalist Bill McKibben gave a talk and short reading last Tuesday on the Bread Loaf campus just up the road from Ripton. Rather than the usual environmental rallying cry, no matter how evenly tempered McKibben’s rallying cries can be, the talk focused instead on what the forest land around the campus, Joseph Battell’s bequest, has to offer those interested. 

As McKibben puts it, the trails around Ripton are there to teach students “the book of the outdoors.”

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