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More Elite Skiers Sign On To Support 350

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 12/30/08, 4:17pm

As half the world prepares to enter winter, snow sports are on a lot of minds. Below is a dispatch from Andrew Gardner, a major ally who has been pulling together an incredible team of elite athletes who are supporting 350.

(Crossposted from FasterSkier.com)

When Sara Renner planned her comeback to World Cup racing, she left out a trip to New Zealand last summer, a typically annual pilgrimage for the Canadian silver medalist. Renner cited sustainability concerns as motivation in her decision to reduce travel, “We thought about the overall costs of going there. It played into the decision.” Elite athletes don’t usually consider their carbon footprint when planning training. Most of athletics is governed by a more is better mindset. Bling tends to trump social outreach. But green motivations spurned Renner and her husband, Alpine World Cup racer, Thomas Grandi to lessen their impact. It also spurned them to join a collection of athletes endorsing 350.

Read the rest of the story after the jump, or check out the full story, chock full of photos, on FasterSkier.com.

 
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Science is on the agenda

Phil Aroneanu
Posted by Phil Aroneanu - 12/27/08, 3:59pm

For nearly a decade, scientists working on climate change and energy in the US Federal government were told to shut up and sit down. Their reports were edited for content by political appointees, their numbers fudged or never released and they were alienated from the policymaking process. Dr James Hansen, a top NASA climate scientist, has spoken out against such censure for the past few years, but under the current administration, it is still difficult for researchers to publish findings if they don't corroborate the current political thought on an issue - especially climate change.

 
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Action Spotlight: 350 in Mumbai

Will Bates
Posted by Will Bates - 12/26/08, 3:39am

We have had a bit of radio silence on the blog the past days as most of us, and hopefully most of you, have been enjoying time with family during what for many of us is a holiday season. But even as many of us are celebrating the holidays, the movement is keeping on.

I was overjoyed to open up an email yesterday to learn about yet another incredibly beautiful 350 action in India led by our friends at Kids for Tigers, this one at the Royal College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Mumbai. The 350 photo action was at the conclusion of a 3 day festival all focused on the environment and including over 80 colleges from across the city. And the bicycles in the picture are of particular importance as the students decided it was essential to incorporate a demostration of solutions for how to get to 350 as well.

Read on for a more detailed report from Ayesha D'souza of Kids for Tigers...

 
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Losing Louisiana to Climate Change

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 12/20/08, 8:27am

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

 
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Bringing Poland to the World

Anonymous
Posted by Anonymous - 12/18/08, 6:24am

While negotiators, NGOs, and youth representatives were meeting in Poland, the Andean region's most active youth environmentalists were holding their own summit in the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, as part of the TUNZA/GEO-Juvenil network. There, 40 youth leaders sat down together to review their accomplishments of the year, not least of which include: running reforestation campaigns in their communities, giving presentations to school children about climate change, and producing a banner 3km long with children's handprints and signatures asking for a strong deal in Copenhagen. They then set out their plans for 2009. Goal #1? Get to Copenhagen to make sure the voice of their region's youth, who are already being impacted by global warming, will be heard there.

For this year, we utilized the wonders of the internet to show them what was happening in Poland, and they sent their messages back. We hope to do all we can to help out this year to bring their voices to the table. Check out the video below, complete with English subtitles:

 
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"Sanskriti 350" - A School in India Takes the Initiative!

Govind
Posted by Govind - 12/16/08, 11:33am
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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!

 
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350.org at the UN climate talks - Short Video Report

Phil Aroneanu
Posted by Phil Aroneanu - 12/16/08, 8:34am

 
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Happy 350th Day of the Year!

May Boeve
Posted by May Boeve - 12/15/08, 9:47am

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.

 
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