Climate Action Goes Creative

by Katherine Gustafson · 2009-10-31 06:00:00 UTC
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Last Saturday's International Day of Climate Action was, as Mike Smith wrote on this blog, "the most widespread day of political action in the planet's history." Not only that, but it was fun.

The action was structured around the concept of 350, which is the parts per million of carbon dioxide we can afford to have in our atmosphere.

Enthusiastic participants all over the world made visual depictions of 350 -- using everything from their bodies to sandbags to sailboats to a flotilla of yellow balloons -- and photographed them for the world to see. The curious one that heads this post was generated by lantern walkers in Sydney, Australia.

So what's so important about 350 and how can you get in on the fun?

350.org, the entity that organized the action day, explains it well and offers this handy graphic to show where we are now in comparison to where we need to be:

Whether you're just interested in observing the antics of the world's many 350-advocates or would like to give it a try yourself, there are resources aplenty to help you on 350's Website.

To submit your own photo, attach the image to an email to photos@350.org with your city and country as the subject and the caption and credits in the body of the e-mail. Or, sit back, relax and enjoy some other people's creativity in this catchy video:

Photo courtesy of 350.org via flickr

Katherine Gustafson
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