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title: "We're Smiling"
date: 2010-02-04T00:22:06Z
modified: 2010-02-04T00:22:06Z
permalink: "https://350.org/were-smiling/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: " "
wpid: 16087
author: Bill McKibben
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![](https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4328523230_2208479368.jpg)

in part because we’re not going to jail. That’s Jim Hansen in the middle (and me next to him) in 350 ties; we’re surrounded by some of our co-defendants. The crime? Sleeping out on the main public square in Boston USA last fall as part of a global warming protest (The students were making the point that they didn’t want their dorms heated by dirty energy). We each paid a fine, and the clerk made sure to tell Dr. Hansen, the planet’s foremost climatologist, that he wouldn’t have to report a criminal record on his next job application! The Massachusetts campaign continues (details [here](https://www.theleadershipcampaign.org/)). For now, many thanks to Craig Altemose for his leadership, and to Matt Pawa, Jim Budreau, and the Boston chapter of the National Lawyers Guild for their skillful representation.