"Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.
Our focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number--it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet."
They decided that October 24th would be an "International Day of Climate Action". More than 1000 communities have already pledged to honor this day. Some schools are planting 350 trees, others are hanging banners and raising awareness. I was thinking Pingree could do something in celebration of the day, too! Since we have about 350 students at school, maybe we could encourage bike riding? Any other ideas?
If it's sunny, maybe we could turn off the lights for 350 minutes of the day (basically, the entire academic day)?
ReplyDeletewe could do something similar to amnesty's orange paper doll campaign for guantanamo and we could get 350 people to sign little paper trees that we could send to a politican as a petition!
ReplyDeleteHe also wrote Deep Economy. Great book!
ReplyDeleteI think that it would be very cool to combine the idea for the Black Hole with this. We could collect 350 pieces of trash that might have otherwise been thrown away at Pingree. Maybe it could be at the back of theatre, because so many people walk through there, especially after Morning Meetings. Even though the 24th of October is a Thursday, maybe it could be set up by the students throughout Thursday and be there Friday morning.
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