350 and no more please.
Monday, October 26th, 2009
Saturday was International Day of Climate Action run by 350.org
I meant to publish this post on Saturday – but somehow I must have hit ‘Save Draft’ instead of ‘Publish’! whoops! Sorry about that. But it’s still not too late to get involved in the campaign.
This is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis, the solutions, as 350.org says “that science and justice demand”.
The focus of the campaign is on the number 350, because that is becoming widely considered as the “safe upper limit” for the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere (in parts per million or ppm). Keep CO2 levels beyond that and we are really in trouble.
As I wrote about a few weeks ago, if we don’t get levels down to 350 ppm we may as well wave goodbye to coral reefs and all the benefits – economic and otherwise – they provide. And given that currently the atmosphere holds around 387 ppm, there is a massive task ahead.
But we have to do something because this matters way too much.
And with the climate talks coming up in Copenhagen in December, now is the time for the international community to stand up and make themselves heard. Well, that’s what SAturday was all about anyway.
But don’t just let me go on about it. Check out the 350.org website and see what’s going on, pledge your support and spread the word.
In a USA Today blog, Desmond Tutu said this week that the 350 campaign is “the same kind of coalition that helped make the word “apartheid” known around the world. In South Africa, we showed that if we act on the side of justice, we have the power to turn tides. Worldwide, we have a chance to start turning the tide of climate change with just such a concerted effort today.”
My tiny contribution to today are these seahorses… 350 of them.
Because if CO2 levels keep on rising, then we may well see the last of the coral reefs (at least on a time scale with any meaning to humanity) and with them we would see the disappearance of many of the world’s seahorse species (and the million upon million of other species they share the reefs with).
Now we wouldn’t want that, would we?
350 seahorses. my tiny contribution to International day of Climate Action, October 24th 2009
Happy International day of Climate Action everyone. Let’s all take some action, shall we?
Saturday was International Day of Climate Action run by 350.org
I meant to publish this post on Saturday – but somehow I must have hit ‘Save Draft’ instead of ‘Publish’! whoops! Sorry about that. But it’s still not too late to get involved in the campaign.
This is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis, the solutions, as 350.org says “that science and justice demand”.
The focus of the campaign is on the number 350, because that is becoming widely considered as the “safe upper limit” for the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere (in parts per million or ppm). Keep CO2 levels beyond that and we are really in trouble.
As I wrote about a few weeks ago, if we don’t get levels down to 350 ppm we may as well wave goodbye to coral reefs and all the benefits – economic and otherwise – they provide. And given that currently the atmosphere holds around 387 ppm, there is a massive task ahead.
But we have to do something because this matters way too much.
And with the climate talks coming up in Copenhagen in December, now is the time for the international community to stand up and make themselves heard. Well, that’s what SAturday was all about anyway.
But don’t just let me go on about it. Check out the 350.org website and see what’s going on, pledge your support and spread the word.
In a USA Today blog, Desmond Tutu said this week that the 350 campaign is “the same kind of coalition that helped make the word “apartheid” known around the world. In South Africa, we showed that if we act on the side of justice, we have the power to turn tides. Worldwide, we have a chance to start turning the tide of climate change with just such a concerted effort today.”
My tiny contribution to today are these seahorses… 350 of them.
Because if CO2 levels keep on rising, then we may well see the last of the coral reefs (at least on a time scale with any meaning to humanity) and with them we would see the disappearance of many of the world’s seahorse species (and the million upon million of other species they share the reefs with).
Now we wouldn’t want that, would we?
350 seahorses. my tiny contribution to International day of Climate Action, October 24th 2009
Happy International day of Climate Action everyone. Let’s all take some action, shall we?