I wrote the other day about how people are increasingly perceiving the connection between extreme weather and climate change. They are, in the words of the very good folks at 350.org, “connecting the dots.” In fact, 350.org is yet again marshaling its extraordinary powers of event planning and persuasion to get people all over the […]
The year is certainly not over yet – the annual international UN climate conference is ongoing in South Africa for the next ten days. Nevertheless, here’s a quick look at what we’ve seen – and what we might expect in 2012. Casting back to my look at 2010 and beyond, I predicted witch hunts from […]
As I noted recently, the pressure is building on the Keystone XL pipeline. 350.org and the many brothers and sisters who have been affiliating themselves with their actions to stop the pipeline – and indeed the tar sands development in Alberta – were in Washington in August and exercised their civil disobedience muscles. Hundreds were […]
I went down across the street from the United Nations in New York a couple of Saturdays ago and took part in a medium-sized but interesting demonstration of concern about climate change. It was part of the “Moving Planet” series of demonstrations all over the world, organized by 350.org, that produced over 2,000 events in […]
“The radicals are the people who are fundamentally altering the composition of the atmosphere.” That’s the voice of Bill McKibben at this year’s annual Power Shift conference in Washington. Power Shift brought ten thousand young leaders to hear about how to transition from the fuel-based energy economy – and the money-driven politics of the special […]
The estimable Bill McKibben and the hard-charging activists at 350.org have organized 350 Earth – “the world’s first art exhibit large enough to be seen from space.” There are photographs, videos and text here to suit any palate. As the late, great Phil Ochs said: …you must protest you must protest it is your diamond […]
We were in Cambridge this past weekend having a fine time, very much including getting out for Honkfest. The best band we saw was the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable, “Atlanta’s wildest community band,” but they were all pretty anarchically blessed. Meanwhile, 350.org was staging it’s 10/10/10 Global Work Party. We saw some evidence of […]
Big party on Sunday! Check out the action where you are and get your work shoes on. (They should definitely double as dancing shoes.) We’ll be at Honkfest in Cambridge, being free, green, laughing, dancing and generally spreading the word. For last year’s festivities, see this:
In the spirit of Step It Up 2007 and Earth Hour, 350.org reports that yesterday’s International Day of Climate Action brought people together in 181 countries, at over 5,200 events, for the “most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.” See a great slide show plus videos and other reports here on this […]
Last week I dropped in, along with bloggers in 155 countries across six continents, for Blog Action Day ’09: Climate Change. CNN covered the story and the organizers report that 13,484 blogs reached 18,076,782 readers. A big part of the reason for this effort was to further enlighten folks around the world about this coming […]
Every day is action day on climate change for this blog, but the good folks at Change.org and The Alliance for Climate Protection are sponsoring an international event today, Blog Action Day, that hopes to unite the blogosphere to discuss, promote and move folks to action to help avert climate catastrophe. (Clean and renewable energy, sane […]
Ride for the climate from New York City to Washington DC, September 26 – 30. That’s the story of the Brita Climate Ride. In addition to raising a lot of consciousness, the two hundred riders will benefit the work of Focus the Nation, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and Clean Air – Cool Planet. The United Nations […]