Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Climate Action -- Aviva Rahmani

On October 24, people and animals at the bank of the Hudson River on the upper west side of Manhattan will gather with artist Aviva Rahmani, to make a joyful noise and sing to 350, as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. The event-one of almost 4,000 rallies and actions in more than 140 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 according to the latest scientific data. It is now 387.

WHO: Everyone is welcome but especially children and animal companions

WHAT: Artist Aviva Rahmani will alternately walk to the water and sing Puccini's aria Vissi d'arte, acapela, a song about beauty and betrayal and stop at the shore to draw pictures of the waters, reflecting on how they are rising in some places under the assault of global warming while in other places, fresh clean water is vanishing. Simultaneously, people in every corner of the world will be taking up to 4000 similar actions, 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.

WHEN: October 24, 2009 from 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

WHERE: 94th street and the bank of the Hudson River

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Photos from the event will be available at Aviva Rahmani's website.
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 www.350.org
or contact Cosa Bullock in New York, cbullock@mrss.com

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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.

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