{"id":1169,"date":"2009-10-27T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T08:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2011-01-15T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2011-01-15T00:11:45","slug":"350-day-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgue.isprettyawesome.com\/?p=1169","title":{"rendered":"350: Day of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSaturday was the global day of action for the 350 movement, which aims to pressure decision-makers at Copenhagen to agree on a limit for atmospheric carbon (350 parts per million – we are currently at around 390).
\nIt was a big day, globally. The front of 350.org<\/a> is cycling through images from all around the world of citizen-initiated actions, often from places that seem wildly distant to me – three mongolian guys on horseback holding up a banner, for instance. The 350 blog<\/a> featured a lot of photos with short explanations as they came in from around the world across the day.
\nMovement originator Bill McKibben guest-blogged over at Climate Progress<\/a>, pointing out “here’s the thing that impresses us. There wasn’t a rock star or a movie star or a charismatic politician in sight. It was ordinary citizens and scientists coming together around a scientific data point<\/em>.” (emphasis in original)
\n350 was a big thing in NZ<\/a>, and particularly in Wellington. Building on Bill’s local appearance (which I blogged about here<\/a>) and driven by a group of activist youth who sprung out of the local university environmental group, we had a full day of local events including the event that launched the day globally, a sunrise celebration\/demonstration on Brooklyn Hill at the wind turbine (picture above). I made it along to the tail end of the public event, lots of people dancing and signing petitions and generally showing up and being counted. It was pretty neat.
\nJust around the corner was a big display of cars, all parked up outside our national museum, with a lot of people checking them out. Some motorsport club, clearly. As I walked past them on my way to the 350 events, I couldn’t help thinking that these guys were part of the problem. But I caught myself – because no, really, they’re not. They are the people who need to become allies in working to resolve climate change. The real sign of the opposition that was set against the local events was the stock ticker on the building alongside, remorselessly sliding gains and losses and signifying the restricted valuation system that constrains decision-making around the world. I really wanted the thing to blow a fuse for the day. That woulda been cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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