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Climate change rally at Seattle Center Saturday

October 26th, 2009 · Comments

On Saturday, October 24, hundreds of people met on the Seattle Center grounds to participate in a local event as part of the International Day of Climate Action, forming the letters “350″ for photographers to snap from the Space Needle.

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(Photo credit: Jay Dotson Photography; Courtesy of: Terri Glaberson).

The action was part of 350.org’s international campaign for the International Day of Climate Action on Saturday, helping to orchestrate over 4,500 events in 173 countries.

One of the organizers, Terri Glaberson, executive director of CoolMom.org, wrote:

Over 500 Seattleites joined together and formed the numbers three, five and zero atop the Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center. Folks listened to speakers including Congressman Jim McDermott and City Council President Richard Conlin while forming the numbers and taking the pledge to do 3 out of 10 things to reduce their carbon footprint. At precisely 10 seconds before 3:50 PM, the crowd counted down and then cheered “No More Coal” at exactly 3:50 PM. with raised hands and great enthusiasm. All were excited to be a part of this historic event highlighting climate change that was celebrated around the world.

“It was great fun and lots of wonderful energy,” she said.

For more pictures from the event, check out 350Seattle’s Flickr page. Read more about the event and the International Day of Climate Action in our story last week.

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  • rickknowles
    How much gasoline did they use to drive to this event? I seriously doubt that they used public transportation to go it. I'm sure a majority didn't walk.
    Did they wash their clothes in rainwater or dry their clothes on a clothesline? I doubt it.
    They don't walk the talk.
  • People should learn more about the actual science: www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming
  • vanderleun
    Never in the history of human gullibility was so much snowed on so many by so few.
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