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350 International Day of Climate Action in Cebu
Photographer:Vito Selma
350 is the most important number in the world— This number is the safe line for our global climate and a start line for a global movement. On October 24, 2009, the International Day of Climate Action, 350.org brings together 4,000 events in over 170 nations to take action in their community, engage our world's leaders, and build an international movement to solve the climate crisis.
Talented Filipino photographer, Vito Selma, and BRIGHT Academy students from Cebu City, Philippines joined people all over the world to make a 350 statement and take a stand for a safe climate future. This picture will join others to be projected on the big screens in New York's Times Square, and delivered to major media outlets and hundreds of world leaders in the coming weeks.
For media coverage please contact Vito Selma at donvitoselma@yahoo.com350 International Day of Climate Action in Cebu
Photographer:Vito Selma
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Members of the Maldives' Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday at an underwater meeting staged to highlight the threat of global warming to the lowest-lying nation on earth.
President Mohammed Nasheed and 13 other government officials submerged and took their seats at a table on the sea floor — 20 feet (6 meters) below the surface of a lagoon off Girifushi, an island usually used for military training.
With a backdrop of coral, the meeting was a bid to draw attention to fears that rising sea levels caused by the melting of polar ice caps could swamp this Indian Ocean archipelago within a century. Its islands average 7 feet (2.1 meters) above sea level.
"What we are trying to make people realize is that the Maldives is a frontline state. This is not merely an issue for the Maldives but for the world," Nasheed said.
As bubbles floated up from their face masks, the president, vice president, Cabinet secretary and 11 ministers signed a document calling on all countries to cut their carbon dioxide emissions.Members of the Maldives' Cabinet donned scuba gear and used hand signals Saturday... more
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International Day of Climate Action in CEBU
On October 24, people around the world take a stand on Climate Change for the International Day of Climate Action.
The 350.org team has just secured permission to display the 350 photos from around the world on the MASSIVE screens in the heart of New York City, with global media standing by to broadcast the story worldwide! The photos from the big day will all have the number 350 depicted in them somehow, and will act as a huge visual petition that we'll send to world leaders. On the Monday after October 24th, the 350.org crew will be visiting UN headquarters to hand-deliver the photos to diplomats and delegates the world over.
On October 20, Esperanza Garcia, blogger of Ecohope, along with the brilliant Byron Garcia, and talented photographer, Vito Selma, bring together the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) inmates, to make a 350 statement. CPDRC is a maximum security prison in Cebu, Philippines. The prison is best known worldwide for their version of Micheal Jackson's Thriller video.
RSVP Here: http://www.350.org/philippines350
We will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we'll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the latest science and gets us back to safety.
Promote Philippines, promote 350- LET US TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS EVENT!
For media coverage please contact Vito Selma at donvitoselma@yahoo.com
For CPDRC contact Byron Garcia at byron_garcia86@yahoo.comInternational Day of Climate Action in CEBU
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"Phew! Last night 350.org director Bill McKibben went head-to-head with Stephen Colbert--the conservative (and totally fictional) anchorman who hosts the nightly show The Colbert Report.
Everyone was a bit nervous and excited to see Bill get raked over the coals--many environmentalists have withered under Colbert's steely gaze and acerbic wit. We're happy to say that Bill held his own, and emerged from the interview with his dignity intact. If you missed it last night (or if you just want to re-live the glory) check out the video...""Phew! Last night 350.org director Bill McKibben went head-to-head with Stephen... more
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"Phew! Last night 350.org director Bill McKibben went head-to-head with Stephen Colbert--the conservative (and totally fictional) anchorman who hosts the nightly show The Colbert Report.
Everyone was a bit nervous and excited to see Bill get raked over the coals--many environmentalists have withered under Colbert's steely gaze and acerbic wit. We're happy to say that Bill held his own, and emerged from the interview with his dignity intact. If you missed it last night (or if you just want to re-live the glory) check out the video...""Phew! Last night 350.org director Bill McKibben went head-to-head with Stephen... more
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When things like this happen: it's hard not to start believing that a change is possible. Do you plan to participate? What should Current do?When things like this happen: it's hard not to start believing that a change is... more
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Jon Warnow here: Let me introduce myself, this historic weekend, and ask you to help me figure out new ways to tell new stories...Jon Warnow here: Let me introduce myself, this historic weekend, and ask you to help... more
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"There's a number -- a new number -- that may now be the most important number on Earth: 350. As in parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
"A few weeks ago, NASA's chief climatologist, James Hansen, submitted a paper to Science magazine with several coauthors. The abstract attached to it argued -- and I have never read stronger language in a scientific paper -- that "if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm."
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A new organization, www.350.org is taking the creative approach and asking everyone and their mother to publicize this magic/tragic number. And demand our governments act now to reach it.
350.
Wow."There's a number -- a new number -- that may now be the most important... more
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