--- title: Flying past 100 countries! date: 2009-09-03T22:08:36Z modified: 2009-09-04T17:54:57Z permalink: "https://350.org/100/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "Here's the e-mail that just went out to our list--if you've not yet signed up for our e-mail updates, get them here: www.350.org/signup" wpid: 6997 author: Bill McKibben --- _Here’s the e-mail that just went out to our list–if you’ve not yet signed up for our e-mail updates, get them here: [www.350.org/signup](https://www.350.org/signup)_ --- Dear friends, **We have a number to share with you-not 350 this time, but 100.** At 8:43pm last night, when Madagascar showed up on our registered actions list, we passed the three-digit mark for countries where there will be events taking place on the 24th of October. That’s really quite amazing–with 100 countries and counting, this may end up being the most widespread day of climate activism the planet has ever seen. That number matters–if the world is going to sign onto a global climate deal in Copenhagen this December strong enough to meet the science, we need to be putting pressure on every part of the world. And that pressure needs to come from every part of the world-Madagascar included. In particular, we’re overjoyed at the participation by people in countries from the global south, the places that are already feeling the harmful effects of climate change. It’s incredibly important that countries like the US know that the rest of the world perceives this as a top issue for the planet, its first truly global challenge. **And so, we now need your help spreading the word even farther, to push on from 100 countries.** Below you’ll find a list of the countries where as of yet there is no action registered. Do you know someone in [any of these countries?](#Countries_with_No_Actions) Does your church or synagogue or mosque or temple have contacts there? What about your professional society? University alumni group? Would you be willing to send an email like this to them, explaining 350 and asking them to join in by organizing some event, large or small, for the 24th of October? We’ve included [a sample e-mail below](#Sample_E-Mail) that you can forward on to people in the countries where no 350 actions are yet registered. Thanks to the generous support of others, we can even make it easier with some tangible action assistance. **We´ll send a small 350 organizing pack — stickers and a t-shirt — to the first person to register an event in an action-free country to help jumpstart the organizing effort.** Even for people who have never organized anything like this before, 350.org can help make the process fun and simple, and provide you with support every step of the way. There are days when we almost can’t believe how well this campaign is coming together-that all over the world, people are providing the local leadership that will knit our global efforts into one movement. Spending so much time working to bring the number marking our carbon emissions down, it’s incredibly fun to celebrate another number going up. Passing the 100-country milestone is an occasion for celebration-but also a good reminder that we want everyone at the table. So please, take a look at the list below and help us bring more countries on the map and into this global movement. With many thanks, Bill McKibben and the 350.org Organizing Team P.S. As always, we ask that you take 30 seconds to share the good news (and the call to help out) on–it’s just one or two clicks to share on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?appid=2309869772&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.350.org%2F100), [Twitter](https://clicktotweet.com/Cddba), and beyond. Even if you don’t know a single person that lives in the countries listed below, chances are that someone in your network does–so celebrate the 100 country milestone by inviting 100 friends to our Facebook Page ([www.facebook.com/350.org](https://www.facebook.com/350.org)) and keep on spreading the word every other way you can think of… --- **Countries With No Actions…Yet.** _Do you know anyone who lives in any of the countries listed below? If so, forward the sample e-mail we’ve included below!_ **Europe** Albania Andorra Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Finland Iceland Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova, Republic of Monaco Montenegro San Marino Slovakia Vatican City State **Latin America** El Salvador **Carribean** Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Barbados Bahamas Belize Cuba Dominica French Guiana Grenada Guadeloupe Guyana Jamaica Martinique Montserrat Netherlands Antilles Saint Barthelemy Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. **Africa** Angola Botswana Burkina Faso Cape Verde Chad Cote D’Ivoire Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Gabon Gambia Gibraltar Guinea Guinea-Bissau Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Mauritania Namibia Sao Tome And Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara **South Asia** Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Bhutan **Middle East** Afghanistan Bahrain Saudi Arabia **East Asia** Cambodia Lao People’s Democratic Republic Macao **Pacific and the Polar Regions** Bouvet Island British Indian Overseas Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Comorros Cook Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands French Polynesia French Southern Territories Greenland Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands Kiribati Marshall Islands Mauritius Mayotte Micronesia, Federated States of New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Palau Pitcairn Reunion Saint Helena Saint Pierre and Miquelon Seychelles Solomon Islands South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Tokelau Tonga Vanuatu ——————————————— **Sample E-Mail you can forward to people who live in the countries listed above** **I know that you’re concerned about climate change–and I happen to know that you’re in the perfect place to take extremely powerful action.** You see, on October 24 of this year 350.org is sponsoring a huge day of global events to ask for progress on climate change that gets the planet back to **350 parts per million of CO2 – the number that scientists agree is a safe level for climate polution our atmosphere**. It looks like October 24th might well be the most widespread day of environmental action ever. Already there are 1,400 events scheduled in over 100 countries on Earth. **But not everywhere. Not yet. Which is where you come in.** 350.org can make it extremely easy to organize something for that day. It doesn’t need to be a huge rally, just some kind of public event that shows you and your fellow citizens’ concern about climate change. If you email us back, we’ll send you the materials you need to get started, and provide all the support we can. Even if you’ve never organized anything like this before, we can help make the process fun and simple. It will help the cause enormously to be able to say: for the first time, people in all countries are united around the same goal, and asking for the same action. It will be a day of great power, and we hope very much you’ll be willing to be a part of it. Many decision-makers don’t know there’s a truly global climate movement, and so they don’t feel a sense of global pressure to make a strong deal at the United Nations Climate Meeting in Copenhagen this December. We can show them how broad and diverse the movement is on October 24! To help you get started, **if you´re the first person to sign up in your country, 350.org will send you a little 350 organizing pack – some stickers and a t-shirt to help you initiate building the movement in your country.** Whether you’re a veteran organizer and environmentalist, or just getting involved, they can help you every step of the way. And they are very responsive by email and phone, so you can contact them if you need to. Want to lead the way in your country? Here’s how: 1. Make sure there are no actions already registered in your country: visit [www.350.org/action-list](https://www.350.org/action-list), use the menu to select your country name and press the "search for actions" button. 2. Register your action at [www.350.org/oct24](https://www.350.org/oct24) There are just three things necessary for an action – that it be a public event of some kind (a march, festival, or workshop for example), that it make the number 350 visible in some way, and that you document your action with a photo to upload to 350.org and show the world that your community is ready for climate action. Here are some additional ideas, and a simple 9-step plan for action: [www.350.org/ideas](https://www.350.org/ideas) [www.350.org/9steps](https://www.350.org/9steps) 3.Send an email to organizers@350.org with the subject line "First Action in \[Your Country\]," and include your name, address, and a brief description of what you plan to do in your country so they can send you an organizing pack. 4. – Plan your action. Check out the 350 site for downloadable guides, promotional materials, and more and be in touch with us with any questions! Thanks so much for becoming a leader for climate action — together, as one global movement, we can make October 24th a day to change the course of our planet.