Saturday is International Climate Action Day
October 23rd, 2009Events Planned at Birmingham Southern College
A group of college students representing Birmingham-Southern College’s Students Engaged Actively in Environmental Issues and the Coalition of Alabama Students for the Environment will host a Climate rally at the college’s new Urban Environmental Park Saturday, Oct. 24.
The event is part of International Climate Action Day, where hundreds will gather to support 350.org and Oxfam America, groups calling on world leaders to take action to curb climate change due to global warming from the practice of humans burning fossil fuels for energy.
There will be an iconic picture taken that will be posted on the national organization’s Web site, as well as shown in New York’s Times Square and other places.
The event has attracted co-sponsorship and support from national non-profit activist and awareness organizations and state-wide environmental action groups such as the Alabama Environmental Council and Energize Alabama. The event will bring together a community of national and local environmental experts, university leaders from BSC, University of Alabama-Birmingham and Samford University, neighborhood associations and other groups.
Alabama’s political leaders have been invited to attend and share their voice in what Alabama’s government is doing to address this important issue.
Arrive no later than 11:30 a.m. for the photo, with speakers and green fair to follow.
For more information, contact Ben Tracy at bdtracy@bsc.edu or 404-713-1956, or Michael J. Churchman, executive director of the Alabama Environmental Council, at 205.999.5328.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting that Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll shows. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, “even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change.”
US Belief in Global Warming is Cooling
But activists say if the public wants to be apprised of the facts, they would be better off reading this account from The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry:
Can a Reasonable Skeptic Support Climate Change Legislation?
I can say without a shadow of a doubt, after many years of covering this issue and studying it as an academic, that the climate is already being changed by global warming. Anyone who is still in the skeptic camp on this may as well head for Alaska and hang out with that dimwit Sarah Palin, who will never be the president of the United States. I will bet an entire truck load of Yuengling Black and Tan on that…
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October 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Here’s the announcement from New Orleans:
http://www.350.org/node/7622
25 October 2009 – 12:00pm – 4:00pm
**OUR EVENT IS ON OCTOBER 25TH**
350 MUSICIANS TO PLAY “WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN”!!!
350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis–the solutions that science and justice demand.
Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.
Our focus is on the number 350–as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number–it’s a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.
The mounting effects of climate change that have been reflected in increased frequency and force of tropical storms, coupled with sea-level rise, have devastated Louisiana’s coastal communities, especially in recent years. The challenges to rebuild the state’s communities and economy in light of climate change and a rapidly vanishing coast, has catalyzed efforts around green building, energy efficiency, community resiliency, wetlands restoration, and green jobs creation.
To tackle climate change we need to move quickly, and we need to act in unison—and 2009 will be an absolutely crucial year.
On October 25th, New Orleans citizens will come together to send a clear message that we need action on climate change NOW and our community is willing to do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. Join us at Congo Square to send a message that we must change our climate to protect our coast! The rally will begin at Noon then, at 1:45pm we will Second line through the Vieux Carre to Frenchmen Street. Folks are invited to gather at DBA on Frenchmen where the Saints game will be televised. We hope you can join us!
http://www.350.org/node/7622