350 Updates

350 Rally for a Green New Deal

May Boeve
Posted by May Boeve - 11/17/08, 10:13am

In the lead-up to this year's United Nations Climate Change conference, 350 activists all over are taking action to spread the word about this goal. Tomorrow, all over the country, activists from 1Sky and Energy Action will visit members of Congress for an Accountability Day. There will also be a rally on Capitol Hill, organized by Chesapeake Climate Action Network, 1Sky and 350.org, urging President-elect Obama to attend the UN Climate Conference in Poland. Send an invitation to Obama today if you haven't yet.

We're also very excited about an amazing 350 action that took place this past weekend. On Sunday, students, churchgoers, and community members rallied in the Hudson Valley, New York town of Poughkeepsie. Their focus? A Green New Deal to help reach 350. The event also kicked off a local 350 art contest.

Event organizer and local legislator (and radio host! A true jack-of-all-trades) Joel Tyner has also submitted a 350 resolution to the county legislature.

Photos and videos to come, but you can ready more about the event in a local newspaper, here. Thanks to all who came out Sunday!

 
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Action Spotlight: Kids For Tigers are taking the lead on climate change in India

Will Bates
Posted by Will Bates - 11/14/08, 12:55pm

Beautiful and moving!  Those are some of the few words that get at the power of the new action photos we received from India today.

School children in Nagpur, Chennai, and Mumbai all staged powerful demonstrations this week drawing attention to the interconnectedness of promoting a safe climate, saving tigers and their threatened habitat, and the urgent need for a global agreement to get back below 350 ppm co2 in the atmosphere.

The actions were organized by Kids for Tigers, an environmental education programme run by Sanctuary Asia in schools across India that aims to bring out the vital connection between the survival of the tiger and our ecological health.

Continue reading for the full report from Nagpur...

 
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Action Spotlight: Students in Costa Rica get creative for 350

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 11/13/08, 4:55pm

A few days ago, we received by email a series of photos from a very cool collaborative art project created by students of the University of Costa Rica. The project included participants writing and painting messages about climate change and the number 350 - here you can see photos of the participants and read a short summary from organizer Diego Guardia le Franc:

The University of Costa Rica orgnaized the Costa Rican forum about the risks of climate change, which included on the agenda discussions about adaptation and mitigation. Representatives of the UN, Ministries of Health, Agriculture and the Environment, and the University all participated in the discussions. The event was held in celebration of United Nations Day on Friday, October 24th in the Auditorium of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica. At the same time, there were informational stands and activities to educate the student body and others.

Just like our Chilean action report earlier this week, I believe this action marks the first for 350 in Costa Rica... thanks to Diego and all the students who participated!

 
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