This Saturday, October 24 is International Day of Climate Action, and 350.org, a non-profit dedicated “to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis,” has helped organize over 4,500 events in 173 countries all over the world, including right here in Queen Anne.
The number 350 represents the upper safe limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Currently we’re at 385, and according to climate scientists we must reverse this number in order to sustain our planet and life. For this reason 350.org is asking people all over the world to participate in various events, and commit to at least three things they can do to in their homes and communities to build greener, more sustainable living.
A reader sent us the following video about an action taking place at Seattle Center this weekend.
On Saturday from 2 to 5 p.m. exhibitors will gather at Seattle Center Alki Room, where there will also be a live screening of events going on around the world. At 3 p.m. 350.org members and participants will meet at the Seattle Center Fountain and arrange themselves to spell out “350″, with the fountain as the outline for the “0″. At 3:50 photographers will be snapping pictures of the group from the Space Needle observation deck.
The entire action is a “pack-it-in pack-it-out zero waste event,” according to the website. And they’re still looking for participants and volunteers to take peoples’ pledges and help organize the “350″ demonstration. For more information on the event click here. See the Facebook page here. Follow 350Seattle on Twitter here.
The group is also putting on a 350 Twitter hour, asking participants to tweet @BarackObama the following message: “USA MUST formally adopt the 350ppm CO2 target at Copenhagen 09 – the ONLY WAY to prevent runaway climate change NO EXCUSES!” between the hour of 9-10 a.m. Pacific time (12-1 p.m. Eastern time). See the event page here. They wrote on their website:
President Barack Obama is one of the people with the most power to create a positive outcome at the upcoming Copenhagen meeting. Let’s let him know that the 350 ppm target is the only way to stop the planet tipping into climate crisis. Twitter is an easy, quick, and powerful way to send this message – imagine the impact of thousands of messages flooding his twitter page, all reading exactly the same message. The power of the internet played a huge part in getting Obama elected – now let’s use that power to fight climate change!
There are sister events going on all over Seattle, including in our neighboring communities of Magnolia, Ballard and Belltown. Check the Seattle-area event map for more actions going on around town.
Groups participating in Satruday’s demonstration include CoolMom, SCALLOPS, Climate Solutions, Seattle Parks, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Climate Action Network, WSU Climate Masters, Cool School Challenge, Seattle Green Schools, Seattle Center, ITSCool, EOS Alliance, Moontown Foundation.
Thanks to Gail for the tip!
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1 Artful Change // Oct 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm
There are almost 4000 actions happening in 161 different countries in support of 350's (http://www.350.org) International Day of Climate Action (10/24)!
Take action from your own home by watching Artful Change's Carbon-Neutral Online Benefit Concert. Enjoy the free show and donate to the cause by purchasing MP3s and artwork from the website.
All proceeds from these sales will go to benefit Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50 environmental and social justice organizations fighting for a movement towards clean energy: http://energyactioncoalition.org/
Watch the concert now: http://www.artfulchange.org/
2 Artful Change // Oct 24, 2009 at 9:29 pm
There are almost 4000 actions happening in 161 different countries in support of 350's (http://www.350.org) International Day of Climate Action (10/24)!
Take action from your own home by watching Artful Change's Carbon-Neutral Online Benefit Concert. Enjoy the free show and donate to the cause by purchasing MP3s and artwork from the website.
All proceeds from these sales will go to benefit Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50 environmental and social justice organizations fighting for a movement towards clean energy: http://energyactioncoalition.org/
Watch the concert now: http://www.artfulchange.org/
3 sullinsea // Oct 26, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I completely ignored this bogus ‘event.’ Anyone who still buys the drivel that there is a ‘climate crisis’ has just not been paying attention for the last ten years. Most of the ‘consensus’ scientists are not even climate scientists. More and more hard earth scientists, including many who focus on understanding climate, are courageously standing up and saying the science does not support the hysteria. I say courageously because so much funding now depends on following the party line. Much of the scientific community has been politically corrupted. There simply is no evidence that human-generated CO2 – a minuscule percentage of the total measurable in the atmosphere – has had any impact on climate at all or that we can affect the climate by reducing emissions. The evidence continues to point to a much more complex system than the simplistic computer models would indicate, with the much greater influences being solar activity and the most prevalent greenhouse gas – water vapor (clouds), which has a moderating impact on climate. In light of such dubious conclusions unsupported by solid science, the political advocates of a much less free collectivized society demand drastic changes that would result in a systemic unemployment rate hovering at more than 30% and a dramatic lowering of our standard of living. Given the dire consequences, the political support coming mostly from collectivist ideoloques hostile to individual freedom and liberty or from countries who stand to gain at our expense if the Kyoto or Copenhagen principles are adopted, it is becoming clearer every day that much more real scientific study is required before we jumpt over a cliff. I ignored the so-called ‘International Day of Climate Action’ and hope many others did as well.
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