Oct 24 is the International Day of Climate Action

[BaerbelW]

Hi Folks,

just in case you haven't heard, Oct 24 is the International Day of Climate Action and it will be huge! As of right now, 3422 events in 160 countries have been registered at http://www.350.org and the numbers are still climbing.

This Day of Climate Action is one of the reasons why I haven't been posting much in the forum lately as I'm organising an event in my hometown, Fellbach (http://www.350.org/de/NABU-Fellbach). Obviously, most of you will not be able to join that event but there are bound to be several near where you live.

There are for example several events planned in and around Rochester - just check this interactive map:
http://www.350.org/map#/map/43.12153496408083/-77.596435546875/11

or this one for the larger area:
http://www.350.org/map#/map/43.12153496408083/-77.596435546875/7

or, the map for the U.S.:
http://www.350.org/map#/map/40.04443758460856/-94.306640625/4

Events come in all forms and guises, some with just a few people others hoping for hundreds of participants, there are events planned spanning multiple countries (eg. on the shores of the Dead Sea), events at Mt Everest, the Great Barrier Reef, the Opera in Sydney, the Maldives (where the cabinet met today for an underwater .meeting!)... The common deminator will be that each event creates a picture with the number 350 in it. This is the important number as it marks the safe number of ppm (parts per million) of CO2 we need to get back to in the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change. More and more climate scientists agree with this evalution. For more information about this, check out the FAQs at http://www.350.org/understanding-350

Cheers
Baerbel

[Donna]

I'm reading all the material on this Baerbel, it's very interesting and I hope something "GOOD" comes of this. Right now I'm listening to the songs for 350. Thanks for the info and good luck on your end.

[BaerbelW]

This is really unbelievable - a week ago there were 3422 events planned in 160 countries. These numbers have gone up to 4594 events in 175 countries since then. This will be huge!

The 350.org website has a lot of examples of what all is planned for tomorrow.

Cheers
Baerbel

[BaerbelW]

Hi Folks,

if anybody is interersted, I've posted several pictures of our event in Fellbach on our NABU homepage: http://nabu-fellbach.de - just click on the picture of our 350 to see more.

Cheers
Baerbel

P.S.: it's also worthwhile to check out http://www.350.org again for really great pictures from all over the world

[carla]

Hi Folks,

if anybody is interersted, I've posted several pictures of our event in Fellbach on our NABU homepage: http://nabu-fellbach.de - just click on the picture of our 350 to see more.

Cheers
Baerbel

P.S.: it's also worthwhile to check out http://www.350.org again for really great pictures from all over the world

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Great pictures ,It shows that we all can do something to make the world a better place .It's a good thing people help us to remind that it is so important.Great Action.

[Donna]

Here's a few pics from around the world...

[Donna]

A few more pics...this is amazing

[Donna]

Just a couple more

[Donna]

and 2 more

[Aafke]

Donna, thanks for the  pics from around the world . I really like them!
It was a great event all over the world.
  greetings Aafke

[Donna]

 Today at 10:53am
Hi everyone,

We just wanted to give everyone an update on where we stand as of this morning:

What you've accomplished so far:

1) 'World's most widespread day of political action' last Saturday, with 5245 actions in 181 countries

2) Saturation press coverage, that has helped drive the 350 number home. At one point this weekend, we were the top story (simultaneously) on CNN, The New York Times, Le Monde, Google News, and on and on all around the world. Millions of people now know that scientists say that 350 parts per million carbon dioxide is the most that we can safely have in the atmosphere.

3) 19,000 photos, and many hours of video, documenting the day's actions.

4) The first delivery of batches of those photos, to the Secretary General of the UN.

What comes next:

1) The delivery by local organizers everywhere of photos of their events to their local, regional, and national officials and a report (link here) on the response

2) Our core team is getting ready to go to Barcelona in a few days. It's the site of the last negotiating session before the big Copenhagen climate conference in December. We'll be distributing photos, factsheets, and scientific data to every delegate there, using the power of your events to insure they listen to the science

3) We're busy planning with other big organizations for how best to coordinate actions going into Copenhagen. We'll let you know as quickly as we can as plans develop.