October 24, 2009 may be the largest global day of climate action ever held and if you cannot join in an event at least educate yourself about the environmental issues that threaten our future and take some small step that day to contribute to the well being of our planet.
350.org is a web based group launching a global campaign against climate change. Bill McKibben is an author/ environmentalist that founded the group and named it based on the number 350 which is the number of parts per million CO2 is the limit that is safe in the atmosphere according to the latest scientific data and currently our CO2 parts per million number is around 390, some would say it is an indication of the tipping point. To mobilize people around the globe for their cause 350.org sent out an invitation that can be found on their website that reads:
Dear World-
This is an invitation to build a movement-to take one day and use it to stop the climate crisis.
We are a group of people from around the planet-young and old, scientists and writers and activists-who have one thing in common. We know the most important number on earth: 350. And we know how to use that number to finally get global action on the worst crisis humans have ever faced. But we can only do it if you help.
A year ago, our greatest climatologist-NASA’s James Hansen-and his team produced a landmark series of studies. They showed that if we let the amount of carbon in the atmosphere go above 350 parts per million, we can’t have a planet “similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted.”
The bad news: We’re already past that number-we’re at 390 parts per million, which is why the Arctic is melting, why drought is spreading across the planet, why people are already dying from diseases like dengue fever and malaria occurring in places where they’ve never been seen before.
The good news: that number gives us a target to aim for. When the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen in December to reach agreement on a new climate treaty, we need them to go farther than they’ve planned to go: we need to make sure they’ll pay attention to the latest science and put forward a plan that gets us back to safety.
So here’s the plan. On October 24, we need you to organize an action in the place where you live, 
something that will make that most important number visible to everyone. People in more than 1000 communities around the globe have already announced plans-they’ll be school children planting 350 trees in Bangladesh, scientists hanging banners saying 350 on the statues on Easter Island, 350 scuba divers diving underwater at the Great Barrier Reef, and a thousand more creative actions like these. At each event, people will gather for a big group photo that somehow depicts 350-and upload that photo to the web 350.org. As actions take place around the world, we’ll link all the pictures together electronically via the web–by the end of the day, we’ll have a powerful visual petition linking together the entire planet that we can deliver to the media and world leaders.
So far more than 150 nations are taking part-it’s shaping up to be to be the biggest day of grassroots action on global warming ever. But we need it to be much larger-we need you, in your village or town or city, to take part. It’s not hard-we can help you with materials and ideas. But you need to take the first step, by registering an action and starting to let your friends and neighbors know about it.
Involve groups that you’re in-everything from your church, mosque or synagogue to your local 
bicycle group. People want to help, especially if they see the chance for something that might actually matter. This is even more important than changing your lightbulb-this is your chance to help change the way the whole world operates. October 24 comes six weeks before those crucial UN meetings in Copenhagen. It’s a great chance to take a stand-maybe the last great chance, given what the scientists tell us about the momentum of global warming.
It can only happen with the help of a global movement-and it’s starting to bubble up everywhere. Farmers in Cameroon, students in China, even World Cup skiers have already helped spread the word about 350. Churches have rung their bells 350 times; Buddhist monks have formed a huge 350 with their bodies against the backdrop of Himalayas. 350 translates across every boundary of language and culture. It’s clear and direct, cutting through the static and laying down a firm scientific line.
This is like a final exam for human beings. Can we muster the courage, the commitment, and the creativity to set this earth on a steady course before it’s too late? October 24 will be the joyful, powerful day when we prove it’s possible.
350.org has provided us with the call to action and it cannot be ignored. If you are looking for a great event to join Aspen has mobilized and taking a stand from 3-5 pm on the 24th. People at the Aspen event will join together to spell the words “SAVE SNOW” with their bodies on a bare Aspen 
Mountain. Everyone should break out their winter gear for the photo to illustrate desperate winter lovers asking the world to take action. The goal is to send the photograph to all government officials from a local to an international level before the climate meetings that are to take place in Copenhagen in December. The event won’t be all work; everyone is invited to Ajax Tavern for free beer, whiskey, tunes by the Powder Hounds, and a raffle.
If you can’t make it to Aspen on the 24th visit www.350.org/ for an event in your area or even better grab some friends and an idea to organize one yourself!
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ons. He already had the gold Medal after his first run, but instead of showing some simple jumps in his second run- he did jumps nobody had seen before cleaner anyone can show them. Even if the ice hockey team has still a long way to go- the final will be Sunday at noon, one of the most important games for the US was yesterday- US against Canada. The US won with 5 to 3 goals and moved a big step closer to the final.
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