Awareness

350.org

So, last Thursday I went to see Bill McKibben give a lecture at Ingle Auditorium on global warming and other issues facing our planet. I thought he gave a really good lecture and afterwards my friend Evan and I got to talking about what we could do... while we have not quite figured out what yet, I thought I share the email he sent out to everyone because I thought it gave a good impression of what 350 is about.

Hey guys.

Last night I went to hear Bill McKibben speak. He's the author of Deep Economy, which was our required reading as RIT freshmen. I thought it was fascinating, others thought it was boring. McKibben spoke about global warming for a good part of his time, and he brought up 350.org. 350 parts per million is the maximum amount of carbon dioxide we can have in our atmosphere without having the world, basically, end. I exaggerate only slightly. This issue is really important to me. Global warming is not some liberal hoax--there is mountains of hard evidence and a scientific CONSENSUS supporting humanity as the main cause. We also have only a few years--as in around four--to do something about it before chain reactions get set off. If you still don't believe me, pop me an email and I will find plenty of experts to talk to and papers and books to read.

Some of you getting this are my closest friends. Others I haven't talked to in few years. So I'm sorry if this seems like spam, but we need a lot of people to make a change. If any of you feel as strongly about this as I do, I sugeest you do the same as I am and pass this on.

Now I'll let 350.org tell you what you're being asked to do:

Here's the deal: The United States has historically contributed the most to global warming, and over the past eight years it's done the least to stop it. In fact, the U.S. has actively tried to block progress on a global climate deal.

The new President has a lot of work to get the US back in the game--and their very first test on climate change will come even before Obama takes office. That test will be the next UN Climate meeting coming up in December.

IF the next president goes and makes a strong statement about the U.S. rising to the challenge of the climate crisis, it could dramatically alter the course of the negotiations. But Obama will only go if he's invited.

That's where we come in. It's crucial that citizens from around the globe put pressure on Obama to ensure he attends the meeting, and plays his part in getting the U.S. to be a leader on global warming.

Please visit www.350.org/invite to send your personal invitation to Obama today.

Thanks for all you do.
Evan

One Hit Wonder

The second link I would like to share was one that I ran across on Anna's blog. It's called One Hit Wonder and they are trying to collect one dollar from everyone in the world and then use that money to give to the world's poorest communities.

If you'd like to find out more about them... click here!