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Twelve years ago in Kyoto, the world was poised to act on a climate treaty but looked for a clear signal from the United States. Now, with the Copenhagen talks set ...
Environment
Denmark
it's going to take teamwork to get us to 350? These guys are from the University of Western Ontario (Canada) Mustangs, and they have a simple message
Other
Baylor University
Canada
Is an international 350 rap battle heating up between MCs in Beijing and Berlin? Kelly just posted a blog that introduced a video from Valdivia and her Dot Dot Dash crew in Berlin as the "Official 350.org Rap Video." And I gotta admit, it's pretty hot, featuring bikes, ...
Other
With just three days until the global climate change conference, the 350.org team (read on to see how we're all one big team!) just shared this latest movement update with all of our email subscribers :
Dear Friends,
When we all set out to build ...
Green Living
After a number of amazing actions in Bangladesh on October 24th, the dedicated organizers there are still campaigning on 350, and their hard work is showing results too! Immediately following the photo deliveries of the 350 actions, by organizers like Shovan from the Work for a Better ...
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Bangladesh
United Nations
Big thanks to our friend Valida for making this awesome 350 music video complete with montages of sustainable transportation and healthy food in the urban setting of Berlin. The lyrics are pretty educational about 350ppm, Copehagen, and climate in general - teachers, this just might ...
Other
350.org has many partners, but our friends at Oceana -- the largest ocean conservation organization in the US -- really stand out. They recently launched a massive ad campaign in Copenhagen to "highlight the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 350 parts per million (ppm) to avert a ...
Other
Some of us were in Seattle for the meeting of the World Trade Organization. It was one of the first examples of a truly global movement. So it was fitting that around North America today people marked the occasion by demonstrating about our first truly global problem. I was at a spirited ...
Other
Vermont
That's how the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums put it today when they released their climate change assessment in time for Copenhagen. Without a rapid return to 350, they said that zoos would be the only place left to seeeverything from polar bears to coral. 788 leaders of ...
Environment
United Nations
We have many ways of talking about climate change--the language of chemistry and physics, the language of politics, of economics, of engineering. And also the language of faith. Across the religious spectrum--from animist, indigenous, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Christian ...
Other
We've shown you thousands of happy pictures from around the world on Oct. 24--here's a sad one. Tempest--a 25-year-old spoken word artist and musician--closed the event on Hornby Island British Columbia that day with the spirited spoken word poem below.
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Energy/Transportation
Wind Power
The leaders of 53 countries just concluded a climate change summit a mere few days before Copenhagen. Hosted in Trinidad and Tobago, the Commonwealth Summit aimed to make progress on the negotiations that will come to a head in Copenhagen beginning ...
Other
Earlier this evening, we shared this bittersweet movement update with our whole email list . You might notice its tone is more serious than usual. With 9 days to go until the Copenhagen talks begin, these are very serious times: Dear Friends, ...
Green Living
especially in a place like Samoa, where sea-level rise and increased typhoons real threat. The photo below was organized by 11-year old Brianna Fruean and her club "Little Voices" from Vaiala Beach Primary School:
I was just emailing with ...
Other
Samoa
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the US, a holiday that's very much about sharing gratitude. So, we wanted to take a moment to share some gratitude with a few of our US partner organizations for the great work they're doing to create a 350 future. We are ...
Environment
Today's good news is that Barack Obama has agreed to come to Copenhagen en route to Oslo to pick up his Nobel Prize. Obama has already said no treaty will emerge from the talks, but it's a useful sign that he's felt real pressure to attend. Now, more ...
Other
Barack Obama
Nobel Prize
Washington
Many of the images from October 24 and other 350 actions that keep streaming into our inbox aren't just politically powerful, they are incredibly beautiful. Like this one of well-known Israeli actress Riki Blich, taken by photographers Yonathan Mishal and Maya Aloni.
Do you have a ...
Other
The Scout Association of Guyana recently held their 100th Anniversary National Camp. During the Camp Scouts Groups participated in a '350 design' Competition using natural materials. Scouts had fun during this activity and more importantly are now more aware of the significance of the number ...
Other
Guyana
But check out this tree from Peace River, Alberta, Canada:
Grade 6 students at Good Shepherd School entered a Christmas tree in the annual "Festival ofTrees" and called it "Tree for Life". This is a fundraiser for the P.R.Women's Shelter and they raised over ...
Other
Canada
Several people have written me asking what I make of the story that some stolen emails show a few English scientists talking about manipulating data related to climate. I've told reporters from numerous publications: if our fears about global warming stemmed form a few scientists, this ...
