350 Artists
Download our outreach letter to artists, and get your favorite artists involved!
Art is about communication. We use art to explain, both to ourselves and to others, what is happening on our planet. Art can change the way a person or a whole society thinks about something. This project is about communicating a number that symbolizes our collective future, and whether we fail or succeed to avert the worst effects of climate change. 350 is a difficult number - to understand, to explain, and to realize what it truly means for life on Earth. Which is why we are calling on the artists, the communicators of the world, to help us to derive meaning out of this crisis, and to share that urgency in a hopeful and inspirational way. We can register climate change with satellites and scientific instruments, but can we register it in our imaginations, the most sensitive of all our devices?
This movement needs your help to spread the word, and to inspire people to get involved and take action. Art has always been a major source of inspiration to social movements around the world, and this one will be no exception. So please, find or start a local event and help make it creative! Help people to understand what is happening in new ways. Together we can make October 24th as inspirational and as meaningful as it needs to be.
Artists are already taking the lead all over the world in helping to spread this number and take action. From dancers to graphic designers to graffiti artists to children with crayons, 350.org has already become something of a global collaborative art project about the number 350 and climate change - check out the on-going projects below and get involved!
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Independent 350 Arts Projects
Check out these very cool 350 art projects being promoted by our friends and allies:
- 350 Day of Action - 2theMax Car Wrap Design Competition - submit your own design...
- Zinnia Art Gallery's 350 participatory art action for October 24th - check it out and submit your art!
- 350art.org - artwork for the movement
Climate art stories from the blog...
"350", Declares India's First Green Song Composer
This years Live Earth concert, that was to take place in the city of Mumbai, India got cancelled because of the terror attack witnessed by the financial capital of India.
One person who has been very disappointed and had been keenly waiting for this concert is Dr. Palash Sen. Lead Singer of the famous HindRock band Euphoria, and a youth icon in himself, Palash Sen had a surprise ready for the audience at Live Earth. He was to launch a song with a live performance. And not just any song, but India's first green song, composed and sung by him, in an attempt to raise awareness and bring together each and every individual for a clean, green and more promising world.
At the sets of the shooting of video of the song, Palash expressed serious concerns over climate change, and the direct and indirect impacts it would have on India and its economy. He also empshasized upon the need to act today and now.
A doctor by profession, Palash realizes well the threats that lie ahead, if global warming goes unabated, and firmly believes in 350 to be the target set for global emission reductions.
"We did it, we can undo it"
No, I'm not talking about the 35,000 invitations we're aiming to send to Obama and McCain by election day (please send yours today).
"We did it, we can undo it" is the headline that appeared on an op-ed in the International Herald Tribune on October 27. Written by Thomas E Lovejoy, Tim Flannery, and Adam Steiner (Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program), the op-ed supports the latest science about 350, and highlights the need to create a bold international agreement for solutions starting in Poland this December.
Click here to read the full op-ed.
It's incredibly exciting to read about more and more scientists and influential leaders recognizing the importance of 350. Let's not forget, however, it's up to all of us to ensure that that international negotiation process lives up to the latest science of 350. People like Adam Steiner, who are in a position to help craft the next global agreement, need an overwhelming mandate from all of us so that they can bring the debate to the next level. Right now, the single best opportunity for our support is sending invitations. That's why we need to make sure everyone we know is sending invitations to Obama and McCain to join the international conversation. Not only that, but we need to pour as much energy and creativity as we can into organizing within our communities to spread 350. Click here to find out more about how you can take action in your community in the days and weeks to come.
350 Action Spotlight: Disko Bay, Greenland
Photo: 350s on the beach of Qeqertartsuaq. By David Noble.
Last week we wrote about the expedition of artists, activists and scientists heading to Greenland's Disko Bay to observe, discuss, and draw inspiration from a changing Arctic environment. Yesterday, the Cape Farewell passengers staged their own 350 action on the shores of of Qeqertartsuaq, spelling out the number with pieces of ice they gathered on the beach. The words below are from David Noble of Canadian company 2DegreesC who helped pull together the action, and are cross-posted from the Cape Farewell Blog.
We just passed the 48-hour mark of our 10-day journey aboard the Grigory Mikheev. We’ve traveled north from Kangerlussuaq to Disko Bay, and en route, heard from the two groups of scientists on board - one of which is mapping the West Greenland current and the other, characterizing sedimentation in the ocean bed in order to reconstruct historical sea levels.
Karen and Ludwig, our two onboard Greenlandic Inuit guides, talked with us today on Greenlandic culture. Funny story on that. The Lutherans converted a bunch of Greenlanders to their faith. They left behind the Lord’s Prayer. It includes the line “Give us this day, our daily bread”. The Greenlanders didn’t know what bread was (it wasn’t a part of their diet), and so they changed the line to something meaningful - “give us this day, our daily meat”. “Lamb of God” was changed too, to “Seal of God”. That gave us all a chuckle.
Beyond that, there’s been lots of engaging discussion with the many cool cats on board. My roomie the photographer has taken and produced some absolutely smash photos; we managed a couple of 350s on the beach of Qeqertartsuaq, where we went ashore today; and I see that many of our crew have been blogging.
On that note, I must admit that I quite like this blogging thing - so far as I can say that this early in my blogging history. It seems an awful lot Doogie Howser-ish though. When were Doogie’s days? Were they 20 years ago yet? Doogie was clearly way ahead of his time.
Tomorrow we hit shore at the at the Ilulissat ice fiord, near the mighty metro of Ilulissat (population ~4500 and the “gateway to northern Greenland”. This is the area where religious leaders from the Christian, Jewish and Islamic faith traditions met last year to pray for the planet. Karen says that helped - Greenland had a cold winter last year. Last winter’s cold hasn’t much helped the glacier. The ice fiord extends 56 km to the face of the Ilulissat glacier. Ten years ago it was only 40 km to the face. It has retreated 16 km in just 10 years. Now it’s moving at a whopping rate of 38 metres per day.
People here have been talking for a long time about the changing weather. The New York Times ran a story called “How to speak climate” last month, based on what’s happening here in Greenland. How to speak climate includes using phrases like “I’ve never seen that before.”, and “Well, usually, but I don’t know any more.”.
It also includes “I had never seen rain in December before last year”.
66 Years Later: We Can Do 350!
Our friend Paul Ferris with the AYCC just sent this poster he made out of the blue. It got us thinking: maybe it's around time for a Poster Contest? Anyway, I asked him to write some words about why he did it--enjoy!
The iconic "We Can Do It!" poster from World War II has long been a feminist (and personal) favorite.
On one level, the poster depicts Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 worked in a Montana metal factory to replace men who were fighting in the war.
On a deeper level, however, it shows how in the space of a few short months and years, the American and world economies were transformed and production completely re-geared.
It's not hard to see the parallels with the transformation we need to solve climate change.
So I decided to have a bit of fun with the image, and show off the hot 350 sweatbands while I was at it.
Doyle's message: We Can Do It! We Can Do 350!
A Good Metaphor - The 350 Baobab
Perhaps you've heard of the Baobab. I hadn't. It's an endangered tree species found in Africa and South Asia, threatened by the drought that comes with climate change in those regions. I happen to think they're quite beautiful... not elegant exactly though. Apparently the myth behind it is that the gods grabbed the baobab, tore it out of the ground, and then jammed it back into the earth upside down.
Perhaps you haven't heard of the 350 Baobab, however. But that's only because it was just launched a week ago in a small town in Hungary. It is with us now in Poznan, Poland, for the UNFCCC climate negotiations, and this baobab is definitely beautiful.
It's beautiful in it's artwork, thanks to our friends at Mendence Csoport, and it's beautiful in its message. The inflatable tree has 10 holes in its trunk, spilling air and leaving the baobab's branches to sag. When people can come together in cooperation, though, placing their hands over the holes, the tree comes to life, lifting up its branches.
Enjoy this video of the Baobab's launch!
Action Spotlight: Students in Costa Rica get creative for 350
A few days ago, we received by email a series of photos from a very cool collaborative art project created by students of the University of Costa Rica. The project included participants writing and painting messages about climate change and the number 350 - here you can see photos of the participants and read a short summary from organizer Diego Guardia le Franc:
The University of Costa Rica orgnaized the Costa Rican forum about the risks of climate change, which included on the agenda discussions about adaptation and mitigation. Representatives of the UN, Ministries of Health, Agriculture and the Environment, and the University all participated in the discussions. The event was held in celebration of United Nations Day on Friday, October 24th in the Auditorium of General Studies of the University of Costa Rica. At the same time, there were informational stands and activities to educate the student body and others.
Just like our Chilean action report earlier this week, I believe this action marks the first for 350 in Costa Rica... thanks to Diego and all the students who participated!
Animated Activism
Just two days ago we stumbled upon a clever mathematical magic trick. If you haven't checked it out already, dust off your abacus and head to www.thinkofanumber.net. It really boils down the cutting edge climate science into a, well, more manageable form. Forget those supercomputer climate modeling scenarios - you can find the answers to the world's climate questions with the math skills you learned in gradeschool.
Well, today we heard of something even grander: an animated film of Al Gore giving the very same math lesson. Enjoy the film, and thanks to those creative minds for scheming this up!
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!
Breaking News: 350 Aerial in Poland
The climate change negotiations here in Poznan, Poland are on pause today in recognition of the Mulsim holiday, Eid al-Adha.
As we await the coming days of crucial negotiations leading towards a new global climate treaty, we are not about to sit idly by. Rather, we joined with over 200 people here in Poznan's Freedom Square to form the beautiful image on the left.
Inspired by the AOSIS and LDC countries' shared vision to reach 350 ppm co2, we created the shape of a human form on a threatened small island raising up the 350 target -- the goal we must set for the sake of many countries' very survival and a safe global climate.
Many thanks to all who joined in the event, braving the cold and wet. Hopefully this photo, along with many 350 photos being displayed here in Poznan, can capture the hearts and imaginations of some more delegates in these negotiations and help move the talks in the right direction.
Aerial art directed and photographed by John Quigley/Spectral Q
Calling all craftivists! Join the Creativity 350 Craft Challenge...
Craftivism, n. --- a form of activism, typically for social justice, environmentalism or feminism, that is centred around practices of craft - especially handicrafts. (Wikipedia)
Whether you consider yourself traditionally an activist, a crafter, or neither, it's time to get out the knitting needles, sewing machines, and fabric scraps, and start thinking about what creation you can make this summer to help spread the word about the number 350. We don't have all the ideas - we need your help to spread the word in the most creative and unique ways you can dream up. That's why 350.org has teamed up with 5 awesome crafting websites - Craftster, BurdaStyle, Etsy, Thrifty Fun, and Craft Magazine to bring you the Creativity 350 Challenge.
Creativity 350 is actually two competitions in one --- a t-shirt design competition, and a general craft competition. We're announcing the contest now, to give you a month to come up with your creations, then in August we'll be asking for submissions and opening it up to the public to vote on the winners. Aside from the fame and glory you'll get from your t-shirt design being printed on all the shirts we sell on our site, there's lots of great prizes as well - from sewing kits to cloth grocery bags to a sewing machine complete with carbon offsets. Check out all the details on the contest site today, and start stitchin'!
Canada to Colombia: a Cross-Continental Collaboration
Today's blog is the culmination of a really beautiful story of artistic coordination across languages and cultures, with the end goal of helping to spread the word about climate change and 350 through drawing and animation. Read Canadian Professor John Graham's description of the project below, and check out the animations as well!
While I was attending a 2008 summer self-directed residency at the Banff Centre in Canada, I met a Colombian filmmaker Eduardo Carrillo who suggested that his animation students of the University of the Andies in Bogota, Colombia and my Red Deer College drawing students of Alberta, Canada do an intercultural collaboration project. After being very moved by hearing Bill McKibben speak at the Banff Centre, I immediately decided that we should collectively assist 350.org in tackling the global warming issue.
During the 350 project, both the drawing and animation groups were very excited to meet and interact during a live intercontinental web conference. Even with the language obstacles, the exchange of information and ideas amongst the drawing students and animation students was spontaneous, candid, informative and friendly. During the development of the project, the RDC drawing students learned how to visualize and realize their 350 concepts as one-minute time-based motion pictures. They soon realized the challenges and complexity of how to shape their projects into potent forms of idea sharing and storytelling. Group brainstorming sessions and exhanges on the project blog site enriched the process. During the several in-progress critiques, the RDC students received valuable feedback from many sources. Students in both of the groups took remarkably personalized approaches in what they wanted to visually communicate.
The screening of the completed drawing/animation collaborations in the final drawing class yielded many exotic, unexpected and pleasant surprises and an impressive range of approaches. We all clearly noticed how each project had acquired a very different visual look and creative stance regarding the incredibly important and timely issue of global warming. The collaboration was a unique learning experience for all. I am grateful to all those that assisted in the realization of this complex project and that RDC was so supportive of this exciting project.
Getting to 350 is easy!
Stop the organzing, stop the lobbying, screw back in those old incandescant lightbulbs! We've got it all figured out.
So yesterday, I arrived to to the 350 office, and did my usual glance at our mailbox in the office we share with some other allies. Being a primarily web-based campaign, it's usually empty. But yesterday, there was one lone letter awaiting my arrival - typed up, signed, and everything. Here's how it began:
"Dear 350.org,
If I could catch laughter with a net I would enclose it with this letter. I am laughing right now about how easy it is to reach your goal of reducing the amount of carbon in the air to 350 parts per million. Ha ha ha!"
Who was this person who was mocking our efforts? I was intrigued - Kevin from New Jersey has it figured out! Click here to learn his secrets, and see just how easy it really is to get to 350. Climate change is no laughing matter, but we humans aren't built to be serious all of the time. It will depend on our creativity, compassion, and good humor as much as the technologies and policies we can employ to get us through any crisis. Thanks to Kevin for a much-needed laugh!
Quilt for Climate
This is a guest post from quilter extrodinaire Ulla:
The Solutions to Climate Change Quilt measures 8 x 14 ft and has 350 pieces, to represent the 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2) that NASA climatologist James Hansen has said is the maximum safe level of CO2 in our atmosphere.
The quilt will be taken to Washington DC on November 18th, as part of 350.org's national day of action, and a framed photograph of the quilt will be presented to President Obama to urge him to make climate change a priority in the first 100 days. You can sign the back of the quilt and add your voice to the call to protect our planet's future.
While President Obama's election and the new democratic majority in Congress give us hope that climate change will finally be taken seriously, we must continue to speak out. As he himself proclaimed in his acceptance speech, this is not the change we seek, but the chance to make that change.
We have the chance to convince our representatives to commit to a safe level of CO2 in the atmosphere, and to invest in green jobs and clean energy. We have the chance to be heard over the voices of the coal, and nuclear industries. We have the chance to achieve a safe future for ourselves and our children.
The Solutions to Climate Change Quilt represents the efforts of over a hundred individuals, and embodies the idea that solutions to climate change exist. We just need to put them into practice. Add your name to the back of the quilt, and join in sending a message to President Obama - in order to undertake the massive investment required to transition to a green economy, he needs to know we care.
Smile for 350
Happy weekend! Sometimes being a part of this movement to stop climate change seems to be all about gloom and doom all of the time, with good reason - the science about global warming is getting darker by the day. Yet how can we stay committed to saving our planet, if we don't enjoy our lives on it? Here's a good reminder from some especially musical friends to "Smile for 350!": Smile for 350 "Mother Nature's Genocide" By Tree Thugger
350 Art at the World Science Fest
350 showed up in a big and beautiful way at this years World Science Street Fair, in Washington Square Park at the heart of New York City. The festival, with hands-on geodesic domes and quirky little robots, transformed the park into a “science wonderland” with real life, and hilarious, examples of how science affects and can change our daily lives. 350 came with the aim to educate about the most important number in science today, 350 ppm.
By teaming up with the Carbon Cube project of ClimateChangesArt.org, and MyGreenFinger.org, 350 created an interactive arts environment, where people could participate in artistic activism. With projects such as writing personal environmental pledges on a Handprint Quilt, drawing and writing ways to get to 350 on a portable mural, and showing world leaders what is worth saving from global warming by “greening their finger”, the people of New York came out loud and clear about what we can do to create change, and what is worth changing for. With all this flutter of colorful activity, 350 showed that the world is ready for action with the creative responses and solutions needed to solve the climate crisis.
Each of these activities encouraged people to participate creatively in the projects they saw developing in front of them. This mentality not only leads to great art, but also is reflective of the type of action we need in this movement and in a healthy society. We must participate in the politics and culture that surrounds us, helping to transform them into something better and more productive, ensuring that our collective energies are used to good ends. These projects showed that when lots of people come together, if each one does a little, we can accomplish large feats. The saying goes, “Many hands make light work” and this was true this weekend. By the end of the Fair, there was not an inch left on the Carbon Cube that would be written on, it was overflowing with ideas of how we can help fight global warming. And people took notice! Crowds gathered to read what was written on the mural, and the goal was accomplished! People powered change, by the people, and for the people, directly.
350 at the World Science Festival
The World Science Festival, an annual springtime event in New York, draws upwards of a hundred thousand science-minded folks from around the country. Some of them came last night for a panel discussion on the “Carbon Conundrum”—a panel that featured a few of the world’s really premier scientists. And there was one number in the air all night: 350.
Jim Hansen kicked off the conversation, explaining how he and his NASA team had arrived at the figure, and what it meant—as usual, he was fiery, insisting that only plans that really shut down coal plants would actually help in the fight. Julienne Stroeve, an Arctic ice specialist, followed with dismaying news: we seem to be losing ice even faster than in the record year of 2007. Tom Lovejoy, the nation’s premier conservation biologist, gave similarly unsettling news about the effect on plants and wildlife, with a particularly striking series of slides about the spread of the pine bark beetle and the decimation of North American forests in the last few years. Sylvia Earle, perhaps the planet’s preeminent oceanographer, offered a similarly dour forecast about the earth’s oceans. (Look for more in the next few days from Dr. Earle, who is stepping up the 350 fight in a big way!). David Battisti, from the University of Washington, reviewed the latest data on food supply in a warming world (one guess).
And since I was at the end of the row, I got to tell the audience what they could do about it. One guess there, too—and everyone seemed very charged up to take action on Oct. 24 and actually try and drive the debate.
The depth of the trouble was on full display—Bob Corell from the Heinz Center showed his fascinating new C ROADS software that lets you play with different climate plans. If you plug in the current negotiating positions of the major players, the planet goes to 700 ppm co2 by century’s end.
But the depth of resolve was on display too—and helped by Kevin Buckland’s amazing cubes, each six feet by six feet, which is the volume of co2 the average American lifestyle emits in the course of four hours. The evening ended with a great question from Aden Kahr, recently transplanted from Washington State to New York. While in Washington (and junior high) Aden lobbied hard for good climate legislation in the state capitol. Now he’s coming up with cool stuff for Oct. 24!
Meanwhile, for people near the Big Apple, the World Science Festival continues tonight and tomorrow. The top environmental panels include:
"Rising Waters in a Thirsty World"
Friday, June 12, 8:00 PM
Adaptation experts analyze our strained relationship with water, a critical issue of our time. On this panel, some of the world's foremost adaptation experts who are charged to survey New York City's potential for too much water and other regions' dangerous lack of it, will discuss the issue and come up with real solutions for mitigating our strained relationship with H2O.
Featuring: Maude Barlow, Dickson Despommier, Radley Horton, William Solecki and moderted by the host of the Science Channel's show, 'Brink.'
"A New Look at Nuclear Power"
Saturday, June 13, 8:00 PM
Why are some ardent foes of nuclear power now advocating for it to be part of the mix in solving the world s climate and energy problems? Could fear of global warming be trumping the fear of nuclear energy?
Featuring: James Hansen, Shirley Ann Jackson, Yoon Chang, Alan McDonald, Stephen Tindale and moderated by Garrick Utley
TICKETS:
For more information on ticketing and events, go to www.worldsciencefestival.com
350 Craft Contest Update: Submit your entries by Friday!
A few months ago, we announced an exciting partnership with Craftster.org and several other crafting organizations and websites, to host a t-shirt and craft design competition to help spread the word about 350. The contests are now drawing to a close - you have just a few days to finish up your best 350 t-shirt design, hat, quilt or whatever awesome idea you've come up with, and submit it to www.craftster.org/350. The submission period ends Friday, at which point the entries will be opened up to the general public for viewing and voting.
The submissions are rolling in and looking great so far - we'll share one sneak peak with you, a beautiful quilt with a 350 design from a supporter in Belgium. There are still a few days left - so pull out the sketch pad, knitting needles, or sewing machine, and whip something up that can help spread the word in new and creative ways, and win one of great prizes offered! Visit www.craftster.org/350 today to learn more and upload your entry...
350 days in the life of a retreating glacier
There aren't many places we can see the effects of climate change as dramatically as on the world's glaciers. A few months ago, we asked our friends at the Extreme Ice Survey to send us a video to help 350 supporters visualize what glacial retreat really means. Using time-lapse and conventional photography and video, they put together this stunning clip of 350 days in the life of the retreating Mendenhall glacier near Juneau, Alaska.
350 land art contest in Central Europe
We have the winners! This spring, 350.org and a Hungarian NGO called Messzelato announced a land art contest for schools in the Central Europe. More than 70 fantastic entries arrived from 7 countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and a surprise - we received land art pieces from Macedonian and Russian youngsters as well).
We encouraged non-formal youth groups or school classes between the age of 11-18 to pick up a local climate issue and try to visualize it in nature, with materials from nature (rocks, stones, water, leaves, flowers). That is the basic process of land art - the land-artist is a part of nature like the wind, for example, who by organizing its pieces creates a new fragile creation without destroying anything in the process. The land art piece can be a cut sign into the grass, or you can spell out your message with leaves on the ground. You can knit a nest from branches, but always on the place where you found them.
Thousands of Central European students and educators went out into nature and created a land art piece with an environmental or climate message. They learned about climate change and then used their creativity and artistic view to express their message.
One school created their own website for their 350.org Land Art entry. Other schools used Land Art creation as a part of their school’s events and activities (such as garbage picking, annual school day, community service, or an excursion). More Land Art pieces dealt with the theme of increasing heat problems, waste management, and air quality.
The Jury
The entries being so exciting, we invited several artists to judge the rich collection of art works along with the 350 team. We were priviledged to have Agnes Denes, the world famous land artist living in New York, give us her expert assessment. Here is her feedback:
"I am so pleased to see the “green movement” blossom that people frowned upon when I first presented it in my art and talks 40 or more years ago. To teach the children has always been my main concern. Grown ups are embedded into their lives and needs that is hard to change, hard to give things up, sacrifice for the good of the whole. Change must be initiated from childhood. The children are our hope, so my special award goes to all the children who participated, to their teachers for their guidance and to the organizers who got this whole project off the ground and made it a reality."
Awards and Further Information
We had 4 prize categories, here are the first placed in each category:
Artistic perspective : "Border" (Hungary, Budapest) Városmajori Gimnázium high school
Message: "No land?" (Russia, Kaliningrad) Hrabrovo School
Involving the kids: "Rain of burnt bottles" (Poland, Zawiercie) Gimnazjum No 1
Please feel free to read the original announcement for the contest, the announcement of the results, check out the full Flickr set of winning pieces, and look at the whole album for the contest.
When you observe the photos please read the description under the pictures in order too understand the children's message behind.
Enjoy the albums and be inspired by them!
A "Three Five O" Anthem
Singer-songwriter, environmental activist, and Unitarian Universalist minister Fred Small has composed a thrilling anthem proclaiming the 350 message! Fred and the Pan-Latin ensemble Sol y Canto (www.solycanto.com) have recorded “Three Five O” in both English and Spanish as a powerful call for climate justice. You can listed to the English with the tool below (at the very end of the post) and click here to listen in Spanish. Lyrics and Chords below.
The next phase of this project will be to circulate a video of “Three Five O” for online posting and global networking. Production of the video is already underway, but more funds is needed. UU Ministry for Earth (http://uuministryforearth.org/orderform.html) is collecting funds to complete the video. Make your tax-deductible donation by clicking here (http://uuministryforearth.org)!
Three Five O
Words and Music by Fred Small
Spanish lyrics by Brian Amador
© 2009 Pine Barrens Music (BMI)
English lyrics with chords:
Em
For the snows of Kilimanjaro
C D Em
Three Five O
For the children who will follow
C D Em
Three Five O
For the seasons ever turning
D
For the ancient forests burning
Em D C A
Seize the number, speed the warning
C D Em
Three Five O
Chorus:
G
Step it up—we can’t slow down now
F
Take my hand and don’t let go
Em
Gotta make it to higher ground now
C B7 Em
Three Five O
Glaciers melting, oceans warming/Three Five O
Cities flooding, insects swarming/Three Five O
We took the earth and its sweet wonder
Paved it over, plowed it under
Sold it short and still we hunger/Three Five O
Chorus
Bridge:
Am Em
While we are sleeping the night is deepening
C B7
Lift up your light and shine
People dying in the heat now/Three Five O
People marching in the street for Three Five O
Blood-red sky, storm tide rising
Can you see that blue horizon?
Keep your eyes on the prize—it’s Three Five O
Chorus
Spanish lyrics:
Por las montañas nevadas, tres cinco cero
Por el cambio de temporadas, tres cinco cero
Por los bosques que están quemando,
Por los niños que están mirando,
Escuchemos la advertencia, tres cinco cero.
Adelante sin descanso,
juntos en nuestro sendero
alcancemos las alturas, tres cinco cero.
Se derriten los glaciares, tres cinco cero
Se calientan los mares, tres cinco cero
A los milagros de la tierra
Hemos declarado guerra,
Arrasando por dondequiera, tres cinco cero.
Del calor se están cayendo, tres cinco cero
a la calle están saliendo, tres cinco cero
bajo un cielo muy oscuro
hay que caminar seguro
aferrados al futuro, tres cinco cero.
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