350 Parts – International Day of Climate Action
November 3, 2009 by simonturner
Filed under Eco Projects, Global
A few weekends ago saw over 1,000 people gather on the forecourt of Sydney’s Opera House to form the number 350 – a global message board to send a climate change message to world leaders. 179 counties are taking part in 4,500 events worldwide as part of the International Day of Climate Action. Australia was the first of the countries to take part in the international event.
The environmental movement 350.org, is named because there are 350 parts per million – the limit on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which many believe is needed to avoid climate havoc.
Blair Palese, CEO of 350.org Australia said “most people feel pretty disenfranchised about things like the United Nations Copenhagen meetings and there is no way for people to take leadership for that.”
Multiple cities throughout the world were also part of the 350 effort.
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