350
by Molly Loomis
350- so what? 350 Creative Energies customers? Nope. Keep trying. 350 wind
turbines waiting installation in Wyoming or 350 reasons to buy a hybrid?
Wrong. That’s 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in our
atmosphere—the upper limit of what scientists consider safe for avoiding
catastrophic climate change.
It’s also the name of leading environmental journalist and organizer of
2008’s Step It Up campaign, Bill McKibben’s urgent call to arms for the
reduction of our atmosphere’s current carbon dioxide levels from 387ppm down
to 350. Step It Up was America’s largest protest against global warming to
date but McKibben hopes that 350 “actions” will dwarf that.
Visit the website, www.350.org , to find out how you can help and organize
an action in your area which will help spread the word about this crucial
number and how it effects us all. It could be as simple as sending the
information to everyone on your email list or more involved like organizing
an event in your community- 350 people gathered to reduce carbon emissions,
350 miles bike ride relay- whatever!
At the end of 2008 world leaders will be gathering in Poland for the UN
Climate Change meeting. It is essential that we pressure US leaders to get
on board and move forward rather than maintain our level of involvement per
the Kyoto Protocol.
Visit 350.org today!
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