Three years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. state of Louisiana, coastal residents are still struggling with the accelerating forces of climate change - in their case, coastal erosion, rising sea levels, and the ongoing risk of severe storms. A 350 supporter from Louisiana recently sent us the news series and excellent video below documenting the impacts on coastal ecosystems and communities. Like island residents of the Pacific, some of the Native American residents on coastal islands are also considering the need to relocate their home.

Do you have a story of climate impacts or action in your community? Please send us photos, video, and/or text and we'll happily share it on the blog with the entire 350 community.

Losing Louisiana series: http://www.nola.com/coastal/

Louisiana wetlands loss video

Established by the Civil Services Society in the Indian capital city of Delhi, Sanskriti has become one of the leading schools in the little over ten years time period of its establishment. The school recently won an award for its work with ragpickers and slum-children and has addressed its share of equity issues. Today, right in front of my eyes, Sanskriti School became another first.

The school called for 'Sanskriti 350' - an inter-school event inviting eco-clubs from over 30 schools, in a bid to highlight the importance of 350. Remarkably enough, Sanskriti (meaning culture) 350 was an event completely for the youth, by the youth and of the youth!

The UN Climate Conference ended three days ago (that's a picture of us with some youth delegates from Sweden and India) and provided an unequivocal kick in the pants: we've got one year to work towards a fair global climate deal.

And to kick off that year, we're marking the 350th day of the year. We think it's just too interesting that the Climate Conference barely finished before the calendar hit this date.

As previous blog posts have noted, the final day at the conference saw a huge development in the movement to get back to 350 ppm. To keep that momentum going, we will be working hard to bring more voices into this movement, and more energy to those of you alraedy working hard. Thanks for staying tuned.