350 is the most important number on the planet.
http://350.org/sites/all/files/rotator/CraftContest2.jpg 
350 Updates
Oceana Tuvaluan Climate Refugees
The challenges of climate change don't await us in the next ten or twenty years; they are here now. Australian paper the Northcote Leader reported today that the leader of a small Tuvaluan community in Victoria is appealling to the federal government to set up a program to support climate refugees. New Zealand already has such a plan in place.
more »
North America Art as Activism
A few weeks ago, the San Francisco team at 350.org enjoyed a special treat. We attended a book signing and reception for local photographer Debra Bloomfield's newest book, Flow. In addition to a book signing, the evening turned out to be a 350 action! Debra attended one of Bill McKibben's talks at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco a few months ago, and was so moved by his talk that she took home a 350 flyer, and printed out 100 copies to give out.
We were very touched by her work. Another special part of the evening was spending time with Terry Tempest Williams, a good friend of Step It Up, and now, 350.org. Thanks to all the artists supporting 350.org...and for those of you eager to get your creative juices flowing, participate in our craft contest! more »
Africa Africa Partner Spotlight: The Center for Environmental Issues and Regional Development
The Center for Environmental Issues and Regional Development (AUI CEIRD) at Alakhawayn University joins the list of 350.org action partners in Africa. Led by Doctor Bachir Raissouni, Executive Director of AUI CEIRD, along with dedicated environmental students at Alakhawayn University, the center launched a series of workshops climate change and tourism in Casablanca, and and on carbon credit projects. The AUI CEIRD is committed to promoting 350, and working with university students to spread the message.
- North America
Local Leaders Get In on 350
One of our 350.org headquarters offices is based here in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Vermont has been at the forefront of the grassroots climate movement for several years now cumulatively organizing hundreds of climate demonstrations in recent years with a population of only 600,000 people. And all that activity certainly begins to pay off when gubernatorial candidates post their own action reports on 350.org. Here is what gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington posted yesterday, talking about 350...
Let this be a challenge to all local, state, province, and national leaders to join this movement and initiate the necessary change to reach 350. more »
- North America
Al Gore's Generational Challenge
Al Gore's call for a ten-year transition to carbon-free electricity raises the bar to the right place. Some people will describe this plan as too much, too fast, too radical--it only seems that way because everything that's been proposed so far has been so feeble. This is the first real plan commensurate with the scale of the climate crisis.
And it sets the groundwork for what comes next--an international agreement just as bold. Al Gore is leading the most carbon-addicted nation on earth towards sanity. We need now to start in the same direction all over the globe, which is what 350 is all about.
Show your support for these ideas by sending a Letter to the Editor of your local paper! Click "more" for a sample. more »
- Africa
Happy Early Birthday, Mandela!
In preparation for Nelson Mandela's July 18 birthday, our friends at Circle Up Now made this impressive piece of aerial art today. The photo was taken followed by a workshop addressing the global hunger crisis, and took place in Johannesburg.
To see more of the important work undertaken by our partners, click here.
Circle Up Now is an exciting initiative integrating art and human rights activism. This summer, utilizing the unique experience of human aerial artwork, where thousands of people come together to form an image that can only be seen and photographed from the sky, two teams will produce a series of live global events and chronicle the experience to benefit the human rights movement and the organizations that fight for it on a daily basis. more »
- Africa
Introducing the 350 Team: Shabani Ely Katembo
By Anonymous• Jul 16, 2008• United StatesIs Climate Change somebody else's problem?
Before getting involved with 350.org, I had never thought about working on climate change. A few years ago when I was a student in Kinshasa, Congo, as millions of young Africans, I thought the environment was only a rich country issue. Like any young African who grew up in a family who lived on less than a dollar a day, my dream was to be airline pilot, and astronaut or a banker, ignoring the effects that our current ways of life have on the climate.
Check out my video introduction (it's in French, but click here for a subtitled version)
Europe Grassroots Action in Visby, Sweden
This blog comes to us courtesy of Jonas Paulsson through the website of Klimax, a Swedish climate direct action group. A group of his friends appeared at a speech by the Prime Minister of Sweden, Fredrik Reinfeldt, brandishing 350PPM banners and calling attention to the need for political leadership on climate. Congrats to the Klimax activists on their action, and for holding Sweden's leaders accountable to scientific necessity for bolder climate targets!
*Note: This post is in Swedish. If you'd like to read the full blog in English, click here to use Google Translate to translate the original Klimax page.
Agera nu för 350 ppm!
Idag, fredag, under Fredrik Reinfeldts tal i Almedalen vecklade aktivister från Klimax och Planka.nu ut banderoller med budskapet “350 ppm”... Continue reading in Swedish
more »
- Oceana
Australian Direct Action!
The climate movement is heating up down under. Check out this report from activist Anna Rose which appeared on itsgettinghotinhere.org...
Right now I’m feeling so excited and happy about what happened today in Newcastle, my hometown in Australia. Around 1,200 people today took direct action to stop the disastrous environmental impact of the world’s biggest coal port in Newcastle. The spirited and colourful protest was made up of a diverse mix of people including families, coal workers and activists … even some zombies, clowns, and radical cheerleaders. Many people made it on to the rail line - through or under the fence - and coal transport in Newcastle was shut down for the entire day. No coal trains got through. more »
350 Around the World
In 21 Countries people have taken action to spread 350. We need to spread this kind of action to every corner of the earth. View the examples and get inspired to organize your own action.
Understanding 350
- So, what is global warming and what's the problem anyway?
- And what does this 350 number even mean?
- If we're already past 350, are we all doomed?
- How do we get the world on track to get to 350?
- How do we actually reduce carbon emissions to get to 350??
- Will this thing work? Will world leaders listen?
- Where did this 350 number come from?
- Isn't America the biggest source of the problem? What about China and India?
- 350 is just a number. Wouldn't "Climate Emergency" or "Clean Energy Now" be a better call to action?
- Why another organization--there are already too many things going on!
350 Messengers
-
Climate change is a reality. Life depends on a sustainable environment. With no world, there can only be nothing--no birds, no animals, no trees, no us. That’s why getting involved in Project 350 is so important - it's an effective way to take action to turn around the climate crisis.—Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus
Find 350 On
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Friends & Allies
