350.org does it again – 10/10/10 for the global work party

Submitted by sproutingforth on Tue, 2010-07-20 10:07

Remember last year's 350.org International Day of Climate Action that made the world sit up and take notice?

Circle 10/10/10 on your calendar. That's the date. The place is wherever you live. And the point is to do something that will help deal with global warming in your city or community.

350.org are calling it a Global Work Party, with emphasis on both 'work' and 'party'. In Auckland, New Zealand, they're having a giant bike fix-up day, to get every bicycle in the city back on the road. In the Maldives, they're putting up solar panels on the President's office. In Kampala, Uganda, they're going to plant thousands of trees, and in Bolivia they're installing solar stoves for a massive carbon neutral picnic...

Since we've (350.org and numerous other organisations toiling for climate change) already worked hard to call, email, petition, and protest to get politicians to move, and they haven't moved fast enough, now it's time to show that we really do have the tools we need to get serious about the climate crisis.

It's been a tough year: in North America, oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico; in Asia some of the highest temperatures ever recorded; in the Arctic, the fastest melting of sea ice ever seen; in Latin America, record rainfalls washing away whole mountainsides. Southern Africa is predicted to be particularly severely affected by climate change.

Hence the party.

On 10/10/10 the idea is to show that we the people can do this--but we need bold energy policies from our political leaders to do it on a scale that truly matters.  The goal of the day is not to solve the climate crisis one project at a time, but to send a pointed political message: if we can get to work, you can get to work too--on the legislation and the treaties that will make all our work easier in the long run.

You can sign up to host a local event

Or search for an event to join

And let urban sprout know so that we can add your event to our events calendar.

According to Bill McKibben and the 350.org team, there are already 1077 groups in 109 countries around the world scheduled to do something great that day. They will knit all these groups together with a powerful mosaic of photos, videos, and stories from around the world. You wouldn't want to miss it.

Have a look at these ideas and resources for setting up your own party.

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WE PUT YOUR WEBSITE ON OUR BLOGROLL

Submitted by JoAnn Torre (not verified) on Sun, 2010-07-25 03:54.

Hi,
I did not know of any other way to contact your website to give you this message.

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Our blog is called Jogreengrapes Cafe' blog. We like your website and placed it on our blogroll.
Check it out at www.mygreenrainbow.com

JoAnn & Michael Torre
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Thanks and hi to you in

Submitted by turbosprout on Tue, 2010-07-27 17:45.

Thanks and hi to you in Nevada. Good luck with your website.

North Pole Trek in 5 Days!

Submitted by Marie (not verified) on Sat, 2010-09-18 20:26.

Hi to South Africa from Canada! The whole world needs to band together if we're going to effectively tackle the climate change issue, so I wanted to let you know about an important initiative being undertaken here in Canada.

Parvati, a Canadian musical artist and yoga instructor, is taking a courageous journey to the most northern Canadian soil: a small, desolate island in the Arctic Ocean known as Ward Hunt Island. The location is just kilometres from the Magnetic North Pole and 200 kilometres from 90 degrees North.

Parvati’s mission is to bring awareness to the urgent ecological effect of melting polar ice caps. Charged with purity of heart, clear intention, and the willingness to serve, Parvati will become the first artist to ever perform this far North. There she will offer her songs to help raise awareness of just how quickly the ice caps are disappearing and the devastating effect this is having on the entire planet.

Born in Montreal and now living in Toronto, Parvati is an internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter, performer and producer of electronic dance pop. Her music celebrates the gift of life and her debut album and multimedia show, Yoga in the Nightclub, has had people from Toronto to Berlin shaking to its joyful rhythms. After a summer of increased signs of environmental distress, Parvati decided to postpone her Canadian tour to trek to the North Pole. She says she simply cannot turn away from the effects climate change is having.

“I feel the global ecological crisis is a wake up call for us all, a call to awaken I AM consciousness, the magnificence of who we are,” says Parvati.”The planet reflects how we collectively treat ourselves, each other and our environment. A collective is only as strong as its individuals. If we want to change our environment, we need to transform ourselves.”

Parvati will be joined on the trip by Satish Sikha (www.ourearth-wewill.com), another environmental activist. In Resolute, Canada’s most remote city, Satish will unveil the world’s longest piece of woven silk. Each segment is signed by a celebrity, politican or international dignitary who shares their thoughts on climate change.

Parvati leaves Toronto on September 23, 2010 to meet with city council in Iqaluit andperform for school children in Nunavut. She will singat the top of the world on September 26th.

The timing of Parvati’s trip is significant. Recent news reports that many ice shelves in Greenland and Canada have cracked. At the end of August, NASA reported an ice crack on Ward Hunt Island that is 40 metres deep and the size of Bermuda. Meanwhile, the sea ice levels are at an unprecedented low land as such wreaking havoc on our fragile ecosystem.

More information about Parvati’s trip is available at www.parvati.ca.