Gettysburg 350 Climate Action Festival

Sunday, 24 October, 2010 - 15:50

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND HELPED MAKE THIS DAY HAPPEN.
WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!

***A copy of our beautiful 350 photograph can be downloaded below, as well as a copy of President Lincoln's 350 Gettysburg Address. Enjoy!

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Event Details
When: October 24th at 3:50pm
Where: Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary

The Gettysburg 350.org Climate Action Festival took place on Saturday, October 24th on the International Day of Climate Action. At 3:50pm, over 200 members of our community gathered at the Lutheran Seminary for a live music and speakers. Together, we also created a giant human 350 for the photograph which will be sent to our representatives at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen this December. Families, friends, neighbors, children, students, parents and seniors all came together to make this the biggest climate action event ever in the history of Gettysburg, PA!

***Schedule of Events:
3:50 - Event Kickoff!
4:00 - Welcome and Announcements
4:10 - Dr. Sarah Principato, PhD, on the Science, Policy, and Solutions to Climate Change
4:20 - 350 Gettysburg Address
4:30 - Aerial photo of the crowd!
5:00 - Revision Concert

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This event was sponsored by the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, LTSG Green Task Force, Gettysburg College Department of Environmental Studies, Gettysburg College GECO, HACC Environmental Club, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Adams County Library, Youth for Sustainable Future, The Center/El Centro, Borough of Gettysburg, Adams Community Television, Hundredfold Farm Community, Adams County Local Foods Network, Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice, Adams County Heritage Festival, the Unitarian Universalist Sustainable Living Group, The Ragged Edge Coffee House, and La Belle Femme Victorian Costume Rentals; For more information on how you can participate, please contact Peter Boving at boving@juno.com or Sara Tower at towesa01@gettysburg.edu

Event Website: http://www.vimeo.com/7090347


Location Information
61 Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg, PA 17325
United States
39° 49' 57.8856" N, 77° 14' 35.4408" W
Event Organizer
DFA Task Force on Energy, Environment, and Sustainability .
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