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Remembering People Power in Seattle in 1999 and Berlin in 1989

Learning how to count to 350 0
Posted 1 day, 20 hours ago Next month, at the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the wealthy nations that produce most of the excess carbon in our atmosphere will almost certainly fail to embrace measures adequate to ward off the devastation of our planet by heat and chaotic weather. Activists -- farmers, environmentalists, island-dwellers -- around the world will try to write a different future, a bolder one, and if anniversaries are an omen, then they have history on their side.
Bill McKibben says time is running out on climate delays 1
Posted 3 days ago
We need more than rhetoric and excuses

Mr. President: Time to quit fibbing and spinning 10
Posted 1 week, 2 days ago President Obama has, at least for now, punted on the hard questions around climate, as evidenced by the announcement from the APEC meeting in Singapore that next month's Copenhagen climate talks will be nothing more than a glorified talking session.
We have met the deniers, and they are us 174
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago James Inhofe. Marc Morano. George W. Bush. As deniers of climate change, they're amateurs compared to us activists and environmentalists. Even though we're believers, not skeptics, our denial is far more insidious and subtle.
religious power

Religion gets behind fight against climate change 1
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will harness the power of religion in the fight against climate change.
8 arrested at deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant

How green is Chicago? 0
Posted 1 month ago On the same streets in the Windy City, where a young liberal Democratic activist named Francis Peabody peddled "smoke-free clean coal" in the 1890s, an estimated 400 Chicago residents marched to the infamous Fisk Generating Station coal-fired plant for the Chicago 350 Climate Action.
stop your whining and do something!

Bill McKibben on International Climate Action Day 0
Posted 1 month ago Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world turned out for last Saturday’s International Day of Climate Action. The global climate event was organized by 350.org. Grist caught up with 350’s founder, writer Bill McKibben, in New York’s Times Square.
Bill McKibben on International Climate Action Day 4
Posted 1 month ago
Soggy in D.C.

Climate action in the shadow of the White House 5
Posted 1 month ago You had to be pretty dedicated to complete the 350.org climate action march in Washington, D.C. That's because participants had to slog down the streets of the nation's capital in a deluge.
a climactic day

Thousands gather worldwide on day of climate protests 4
Posted 1 month ago Kicking off with thousands gathering on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House, global warming protests took place around the world Saturday to mark 50 days before the UN climate summit. Here's a round-up of the events.
London Calling

Toward the language of excitement, opportunity, and potential 3
Posted 1 month ago There were a lot of at the 350 climate action in London -- fantastic. But there were also a lot of people NOT there, people whose Saturdays were business as usual -- shopping, drinking coffee, hanging out with friends. There are 8 million people in in the city -- why weren't they ALL here?!
Olympic proportions

Oct 24, 2009 - Not just a global day of action; a historic turning point 6
Posted 1 month ago If you’re still looking for a good reason to venture out and take part in an International Day of Climate Action event on Saturday, try this on for size: the day of action won't simply be a landmark moment for the global climate movement; it could very well turn out to be a landmark moment in human history. And that's not an exaggeration.
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: Protest edition 1
Posted 1 month ago On the International Day of Climate Action, get out and tell the world that there's no rhyme or reason to allowing runaway climate change.
Action pact day

Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! 7
Posted 1 month ago There's still time to find the biggest, weirdest, adorablest, most inspirational, or flat-out nearest event for Saturday's International Day of Climate Action. Here are a few examples.
Join the 350 Movement!

In Seattle, rallying ‘round the needle 2
Posted 1 month ago Scott Cooper, sustainability coordinator for EOS Alliance in Seattle, wants all his fellow Emerald City denizens to join him at the Space Needle this Saturday for International Climate Action Day.
Cap-but-don't-trade

Groups use 350’s big day to fight cap-and-trade 12
Posted 1 month ago The open-door policy for the International Day of Climate Action this Saturday means not every group will be on-message.
Could climate change spark the first worldwide grassroots movement? 2
Posted 1 month ago Even as politicians dial down expectations for the December 7-18 U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen, analysts and activists detect a groundswell of anger, channeled through the Internet and voiced especially by the young, demanding action on global warming.
A boy not in a balloon — or a genuinely ballooning effort to achieve 350 ppm?

What makes a good story? 0
Posted 1 month ago
What a difference a day makes

Day of Climate Action shows power of web organizing. Join us! 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago By Bill McKibben, Chip Giller The 350.org campaign has gone viral in recent weeks, in the lead-up to the International Day of Climate Action. There will be more than 4,000 events in almost 170 countries on Oct. 24—pretty much every place that isn’t Burma or North Korea. Join author/activist Bill McKibben, Grist founder Chip Giller, and people around the globe to demand real climate action.
Climate Citizens, Activate!

What will you do for International Day of Climate Action on Oct. 24? 5
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Got plans for Saturday, Oct. 24? Join up with climate-concerned citizens around the globe for the first-ever International Day of Climate Action, to demand that world leaders get moving in the fight against climate change. More than 3,000 events in 170 countries are in the works.