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Healdsburg joins global day of climate action
One of nearly 2,500 simultaneous events in over 153 countries
From 521 Brown Street at 1 p.m. to the Plaza at 2 p.m. and then throughout the city on Saturday, Oct. 24th —people from around Healdsburg will gather to demonstrate one of the effects of climate change — grape vines moving north to a more suitable climate.
Participants will join more than 2,400 communities in 153 countries as part of a global day of action coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take bold and immediate steps to address climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
“There is nothing more important in our world today than taking swift decisive action to bring down carbon emissions,” said Healdsburg resident Judith Seton. “I am passionate about leaving my children the kind of world I grew up in. It is absolutely possible to do — but only if we take action now to bring down the carbon in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million. I find it so powerful to have a number to target.”
Around the world — from capitol cities to the slopes of Mount Everest, even underwater on coral reefs — people will be holding rallies aimed at focusing attention on the number 350 because scientists have insisted in recent years that 350 parts per million is the most carbon dioxide we can safely have in the atmosphere. The current CO2 concentration is 390 parts per million.
“That’s why glaciers and sea ice are melting, drought is spreading, and flooding is on the increase,” said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author 20 years ago of the first major book on climate change. “And it’s why we need a huge worldwide movement to give us the momentum to make real political change. Our leaders have heard from major corporations and big polluters for a long time—today, finally, they heard from citizens and scientists.”
These global actions come six weeks before the world’s nations convene in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference to draw up a new climate treaty. Eighty-nine countries have already endorsed the 350 target, as well as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, the world’s foremost climate economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, and Nobel prize-winner Al Gore.
Images of the events from around the world, including the rally in Healdsburg will be featured on giant video screens in Times Square in New York as part of a 350 countdown, and will be accessible at 350.org as part of an online photostream. Visual documentation from the day of action will be delivered to the United Nations on the Monday following the global event.
For more information, visit www.350.org.
Participants will join more than 2,400 communities in 153 countries as part of a global day of action coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take bold and immediate steps to address climate change and reduce carbon emissions.
“There is nothing more important in our world today than taking swift decisive action to bring down carbon emissions,” said Healdsburg resident Judith Seton. “I am passionate about leaving my children the kind of world I grew up in. It is absolutely possible to do — but only if we take action now to bring down the carbon in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million. I find it so powerful to have a number to target.”
Around the world — from capitol cities to the slopes of Mount Everest, even underwater on coral reefs — people will be holding rallies aimed at focusing attention on the number 350 because scientists have insisted in recent years that 350 parts per million is the most carbon dioxide we can safely have in the atmosphere. The current CO2 concentration is 390 parts per million.
“That’s why glaciers and sea ice are melting, drought is spreading, and flooding is on the increase,” said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author 20 years ago of the first major book on climate change. “And it’s why we need a huge worldwide movement to give us the momentum to make real political change. Our leaders have heard from major corporations and big polluters for a long time—today, finally, they heard from citizens and scientists.”
These global actions come six weeks before the world’s nations convene in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference to draw up a new climate treaty. Eighty-nine countries have already endorsed the 350 target, as well as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, the world’s foremost climate economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, and Nobel prize-winner Al Gore.
Images of the events from around the world, including the rally in Healdsburg will be featured on giant video screens in Times Square in New York as part of a 350 countdown, and will be accessible at 350.org as part of an online photostream. Visual documentation from the day of action will be delivered to the United Nations on the Monday following the global event.
For more information, visit www.350.org.
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