Our Team's History

350.org was founded by U.S. author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, and a team of university friends.

Together, they ran a campaign in 2007 called Step It Up that organized over 2,000 rallies at iconic places in all 50 of the United States. These creative actions - from skiers descending a melting glacier to divers hosting an underwater action - helped convince many political leaders, including then Senator Barack Obama, to adopt our common call to action: cutting carbon 80% by 2050. Check out the slideshow below to see photos from Step It Up. 

 

 

Now, 350.org is building off of Step It Up's model of creative activism and making it global.  Through 350.org, the team has expanded to include young people from all over the world.  This global team has helped mobilize over 5200 actions in 181 countries on October 24th--check out some of the pictures below. 

 

 

The team continues to build the global climate movement at the Copenhagen climate conference in December of 2009, and beyond.