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If anyone doubted that there’s a global grassroots movement to fight climate change, they may reconsider after viewing the photos that streamed in this weekend from the International Day of Climate Action.
I hate confessing to these long-ago memories. But I remember marching against Apartheid. It was a time when we students knew what the term meant, though the rest of the world was still comfortably oblivious, and had become convinced that this problem in South Africa had to be fixed.
Then we marched for divestiture, which was necessary to de-fund the unjust system in South Africa.
This Saturday is International Day of Climate Action — a chance for everyone to take a stand on behalf of the planet and possibly participate in one of 4,300 actions that are planned in 171 countries.
350.org began the International Day of Climate Action campaign not only to wake up politicians, but wake up the world. The group wants everyone to know about and understand the number 350, which signifies the level many scientists have identified as the safe utmost limit for CO2 in the atmosphere, in parts per million.
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
In honor of blog action day, so designated by the group Change.org with partners like Greenpeace and 350.org, I found myself explaining the 350 number to my kids on the way to school. As it happens, the teenager already knew about this benchmark, thanks to AP science classes and the [...]
(Editor’s note: For the latest development, see environmental activist Bill McKibben’s blog about climate economist Nicholas Stern adopting 350 ppm as the best target level for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.)
The global warming group 350.org is touting its new-found fame after founder Bill McKibben appeared on The Colbert Report.
McKibben chatted with the Colb-ster about “350″ — enlightening viewers on the significance of that number and how we’ve got to make that a benchmark if we want to salvage the Earth’s atmosphere.
Today, the group won validation of its goal and its namesake when the United Nation’s top climate scientist said that 350 (alright, it stands for the 350 parts per million of carbon in the air) is a good and appropriate target level for Mother Earth (with healthy humans).
One degree Fahrenheit.On average, that’s how much the Earth’s temperature has increased over the past century, according to a report by the EPA. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted that during the 21st century the global temperature will increase by 2-6° C.
