Creative climate activist coalition 350.org has issued an invitation to everyone in the world for October 24th, “The International Day of Climate Action”.
On that day they plan to conduct the “most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history” with rallies, banners on the Easter Island statues, underwater demonstrations, bike rides — you name it, somewhere in the world someone is probably doing it on October 24th to raise awareness that we must act urgently to address the climate crisis.
The message of 350.org is that we must find ways to get the CO2 in the atmosphere down to 350 parts per million. We’re hovering around 390 ppm, and scientists — including the top NASA climate scientist James Hansen — say that we have very little time to reduce this number.
The activity on October 24th is meant to send a message to politicians who will be participating in the climate talks in Copehagen (COP15) in December. The Climate Actions will be literally global — there are registered events in hundreds of countries around the world, with more being added daily. The day was picked deliberately to be close enough to the talks to be influential, and far enough out to give politicians time to respond as a result of the actions.
350.org calls itself a platform rather than an organization, and they have an impressive list of over 200 “friends and allies” around the world, and you can read their website in 12 languages. It definitely demonstrates the idea that the atmosphere doesn’t recognize national boundaries. We’re all in this together!
View Actions at 350.org
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It was a very nice day for the fight against climate change. So many people from all over the world participated in many different kinds of events.
Very creative events to fight against climate change have been held, such as bungee jumping towards a retired coal plant in South Africa and many other. Very nice to see all these initiatives.
For more info on the environment, have a look at this Green News.
I enjoy reading “twilight earth” to see what I consider the “other side” of climate change. One needs to be well read on both sides of any issue. I recommend readers also look at http://www.icecap.us. Icecap is not funded by large corporations that might benefit – it’s about science not politics. Read some of the articles claiming natural cycles are the main contributors to global changes in our climate and weather. After reading both – come to your own conclusion. It is my belief that big business and corporate powers are marching step by step with governments and environmentalists using extraordinarily limited data to support man’s influence on climate change. However, I do enjoy reading your views Adam.
Thank you Christopher! I wholly support and encourage people to read up on both sides of an argument. (I do!) We aren’t here to force our side on anyone, and we’ve even allowed skeptics to write articles on this site, offering their view.
Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the comment!