youtube.com - 10/24/2009
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For 350.org International Day of Climate Action. The citizens of Karlskrona, Sweden create a human graph, charting the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, measu...
inhabitat.com - 10/27/2009
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inhabitat.com —
Scientific American recently reported that Sweden uses a
pretty strange source for some of its heating fuel:...
rabbits. Stockholm has an overabundance of the cotton-tailed critters, and the hungry bunnies are decimating city parks. To cut back on ...
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Sweden is Burning Biofuel Made from Bunnies
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Swedes Take Action with Art, Math, and Science
350.org - Movement Dispatches and Climate News —
Check out these 350 actions happening right now in Sweden.
In Lund, University students got in touch with their inner artists to form a big blue "350"
In Karlskrona, a group of citizens used their math and science skills to change our carbon trajectory from 389 down to 350 by forming a human version of the "Science of 350" graph on the right of this screen! Great work team!
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Videos: 350.org organizes International Day of Climate Action
Green Diary —
The International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009 got a tremendous response worldwide. The global campaign was organized by 350.org around a scientific data point that demands politicians and nations to adopt the 350 ppm of safe carbon dioxide goal at the UN Climate Talks in Copenhagen in December. It included walks, marches, rallies, bike rides, sing-a-thons and retrofitting of houses. On this particular day, over 5,245 coordinated demonstrations occurred in 181 countries. Just to commemorate these efforts, we’re providing you with an anthology of videos after the break:
What is 350 ...
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