October 24 - International Day of Climate Action - over 3500 events world w
Today is October 19 and over 3500 actions have been planned world-wide for the International Day of Climate Action on October 24 at www.350.org .
I live in Sudbury, Ontario Canada. On Friday October 23 we are showing the movie Age of Stupid. We plan to hand out some Not Stupid awards before the movie. We have an open invitation for people to share their current scientific peer-reviewed articles that humans are not the main cause of global warming. I just hope people know the difference between a fact and an opinion because they might look kind of stupid. http://www.lu-ltspp.ca/upcoming_age_of_stupid.html
I also hope they have read the article A Safe Operating Space for Humanity that was in Nature Magazine on September 24, 2009. Did you read it? Well amongst other things, it said that the current carbon dioxide levels of 390 ppm are too high and we need to get to 350 ppm.
Saturday October 24 we have a whole a series of actions planned including walking through nature trails, playing drums, listening to an important annoucement about a proactive climate change consortium for our city at Science North and hanging out downtown at the Laughing Buddha. Perhaps we might dance to Jai Ho like we did on September 21 at the Flash Mob Stunt on campus. http://www.lu-ltspp.ca/350_october_24.html
That Flash Mob stunt on September 21 with avaaz.org mentioned in a previous blog and a few other things we did, inspired my Member of Federal Parliament, The Honourable Glenn Thibeault, New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) and The Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the NDP to contact me. I have been non-partisan in my communications and contacted all parties equally. I guess that because I am in an NDP riding only the NDP would return my requests for communication. Mr Thibeaut and Mr Layton shared some great insights with me and they are people just like us. They are care about their children, their country and the future of the planet.
Finally, I just want to have fun and celebrate with everyone that the climate change denial nightmare is almost over. 350 ppm here we come. I have a feeling Sudbury might just help lead the way with many other communities.
What are you doing on October 24? Share it here. Let's find out who is going to lead us out of this mess.
Finally, circle December 12 in your calender. That day promises to hold the largest rallies ever seen on this planet. Human-caused climate change is undeniable and we are about to unite en masse.