top
Santa Cruz IMC
Santa Cruz IMC
Indybay
Indybay
Indybay
Regions
Indybay Regions North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area North Coast Central Valley North Bay East Bay South Bay San Francisco Peninsula Santa Cruz IMC - Independent Media Center for the Monterey Bay Area California United States International Americas Haiti Iraq Palestine Afghanistan
Topics
Newswire
Features
From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature

Santa Cruz Joins Most Widespread Day of Climate Action in History

by 350 Santa Cruz
On October 24, people and organizations from around Santa Cruz will gather for several events and rally as part of the largest global day of climate action ever.
climate-action-o24.jpg
* SANTA CRUZ JOINS MOST WIDESPREAD DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION IN HISTORY, 3,712+ EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD

On October 24, people and organizations from around Santa Cruz will gather for several events and rally as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. The Day —one of more than 3,712 rallies in more than 162 nations—is coordinated by 350.org to urge world leaders to take fast and effective action on global warming. This is the first global campaign ever organized around a scientific data point: 350 parts per million CO2 is the safe upper limit for the atmosphere to avoid run-away climate change, according to the latest scientific data. We are now at 389 ppm and rising.

In Santa Cruz, the County has issued a Proclamation for the Day. (http://bit.ly/Oct24_SCC) The main coordinating body is the "Santa Cruz 350 Coalition Initiative", a group of citizens and community groups working for a Day of "Unity, Awareness and Climate Action in Santa Cruz." Under this arrangement, various independent groups will organize their own activities, with a common rally in mid-afternoon.


A tentative outline of events for the Day and before (as of 10/19/09) include:

(additional details: http://www.350.org/action-list?country=us&city=Santa+Cruz
more to follow)


pre-event:
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22:
The Gateway Private School in Santa Cruz has been working on
writing 350 letters to President Obama from students, parents, teachers
and staff. They are asking for a climate treaty in Copenhagen that is Fair,
Ambitious and Binding. Photos & video to be posted.
(Gateway School, Private event)


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 - International Climate Action Day (confirmed as of 10-19-09)

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, 10:00am - 5 pm, all day, http://santacruzmuseums.org/
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History invites everyone to stop by and watch some or all of the film, which will be shown through the day.
(Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, http://santacruzmuseums.org/ 1305 East Cliff Drive)

Hoisting The Sails to 350: An Oceanic Plea for Greenhouse Gas Reduction. http://www.350.org/node/8842
Three boats will set sail with banners displaying the number 350, between Santa Cruz Harbor and The West Cliff Lighthouse, view from end of Wharf.
(Greg Cotten and a City of Santa Cruz: Climate Action Team.)

350 and Practical Activism at UCSC, 11 am - 5 pm, http://www.350.org/node/8649

March: Wharf To Town Clock, 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm, http://www.350.org/node/8842
(Santa Cruz 350 Coalition Initiative)

350 Peace Flags and Drawings of the Earth, 1 pm, Town Clock, http://www.350.org/node/8842
(Santa Cruz School Children)

Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Through Diet, 2 pm - 4 pm, http://www.350.org/node/8842
(Santa Cruz Vegetarian Meetup)

Mock Trial of Internal Combustion Engine, 2 pm, Town Clock, presiding judge: Hon Fred Keeley, http://www.350.org/node/8842
(People Power)

Main Rally with Speakers, Town Clock, 2pm - 4pm, http://www.350.org/node/8842
(Santa Cruz 350 Collision Initiative)

Potluck Dinner/Live Music/Presentations, and Movie Event, at Live Oak Grange, http://www.350.org/node/8842
Producer Maria Terezinha Vaz and Director Giovanni
Vaz Del Bello will be showing their environmental film: A
Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitibia, Brazil.
(Transitions Santa Cruz)


Simultaneously, people in every corner of the world will be taking similar action, from climbers with 350 banners high on the melting slopes of Mount Everest to government officials in the Maldive Islands holding an underwater cabinet meeting to demand action on climate change before their nation disappears.

November 1 - 30, 2009
Climate Change Book Exhibit at Santa Cruz Public Library


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Photos from the event will be available
Photos from events happening all over the world will be available for free use at: http://350.org/media
For more information on the global 350 campaign, please visit http://www.350.org or contact Cosa Bullock in New York, cbullock [at] mrss.com
###

ABOUT 350.ORG
Founded by author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, 350.org is the first large-scale grassroots global campaign against climate change. Its supporters include leading scientists, the governments of 89 countries, and a huge variety of environmental, health, development and religious NGOs. All agree that current atmospheric levels of co2—390 parts per million—are causing damage to the planet and to its most vulnerable people, and that government action at the Copenhagen climate conference is required to bring the earth’s carbon level swiftly down.
§Climate Action Day Proclamation
by 350 Santa Cruz
climate_action_day_proclamation.pdf_600_.jpg
Add Your Comments

Comments (Hide Comments)
by white people marching
Ecology isn’t simply the logic of a total economy; it’s the new morality of capital.
The new green-asceticism is precisely the self-control that is required of us all in order to negotiate a rescue operation where the system has taken itself hostage.
Those who claim that generalized self-control will spare us from an environmental dictatorship are lying: the one will prepare the way for the other, and we’ll end up with both.
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!

Donate

$110.00 donated
in the past month

Get Involved

If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.

Publish

Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.

IMC Network