Green Mountain Club Bread Loaf Section's 45th Annual Meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 6 beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society, 2 Duane Ct., Middlebury

The Section celebrates another year of maintaining the Long Trail and leading outdoor activities. At 7:30 p.m., a presentation by Bill McKibben, "The Climate Fight, A Report from the Front," will follow the business portion of the meeting.

An author, environmentalist, and activist, Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. In 1988 he wrote The End of Nature, the first book for a common audience about global warming. His most recent book is Falter, Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? He is a co-founder and Senior Advisor at 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world.

Free and open to the public. Voluntary donations benefit Green Mountain Club. More activities at gmcbreadloaf.org.