Climate Change? 350.org will connect the Dots

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just published 'Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters, to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)' a report on climate change and weather extremes. The work includes evidence of past and future changes and the impacts at global and regional scales. It also has an extensive discussion about managing weather-related risks with guidance for policy makers and change-makers in general.

The activist community will support this work with an action day on May 5. 350.org is calling it a day of global witness, which will connect groups (each with a giant dot) around the planet suffering from the effects of global climate change.  The ideas is to make the pattern of Global climate change visible by connecting the dots, to refute climate change deniers and to find hope that the world will choose to take action.

The day will also feature hopeful projects like sustainable energy and community gardens. Either way Start or join an event near you www.climatedots.org 350.org has even offered to help figure out some of the logistics...

Check out the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 'Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters, to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX)' http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/press-events/launch-of-the-full-ipcc-special-report

Finally, a poem: I think it is appropriate to revisit the poem from the Greenhorns and the Irresistible Fleet of Bicycles: 

Progress:

       less slavery
       less diesel
       less hunger+ obesity
       less cronyism and chemicals and corporate control

       (in the form of a brisk, conversion of our economy towards healthier mix).

       more jobs
       more rural prosperity, and dancing
       more layers on the land
       more soil biota
       more resilient economies based in places, in buildings, in relationships
       more entrepreneurship
       more faith in a more functional democracy

it may be hard, but it will not be boring.

September 24th 2011 is Moving Planet: "A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels"

Hoping that this gets to someone who is inspired to make it happen. We'll be starting the bio-tours for the IFOAM OWC http://www.kowc2011.org/eng/index.asp here in Namyangju.


350.org is a new kind of kind of "people powered movement" (PPM) that is made of communities in every corner of the planet. 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Scientists measure carbon dioxide in "parts per million" (ppm), so 350ppm is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.


Moving Planet is 350.org's next BIG global day of action, and it's happening on September 24th. They're calling it "A Day to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels", hundreds of events are already being planned--from big bike parades and marches with tens of thousands of people to smaller community education events. 


350.org is now asking that people come together in communities around the world, and brainstorm ideas for a local Moving Planet event for September 24th.


Click here to start or join a Moving Planet Meetup today: www.moving-planet.org/meetup


If you register your local meetup, they'll put it on the website so others can find it and make sure to follow up with you to make sure you have everything you need. They have materials to help you nail down a solid action plan for September 24th, including a guide to hosting a meetup, a "fill in the blanks" action worksheet, and an optional presentation you can give about campaign strategy.


You can grab all the materials you'll need to plan and host a successful meetup here: www.moving-planet.org/meetup/materials


With strong local teams and solid strategic plans, we'll be able to make September 24th a historic day in the journey to move beyond fossil fuels.
start a meetup in your community. 


350.org is building a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis: online campaigns, grassroots organizing, and mass public actions are led from the bottom up by thousands of volunteer organizers in over 188 countries.  You can join 350.org on Facebook by becoming a fan of the page at facebook.com/350org and follow them on twitter by visiting twitter.com/350.