350 action - worldwide - Saturday Oct 24th

See my previous item on 350.org.
They are coordinating action around the world for tomorrow. Check the map for specifics.
This action is very important to increase awareness of global warming (specifically amount of CO2) in the hope of changing the negotiating environment as we head towards the crucial UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen in December of 2009.
  
Seems unusual there is only one event in Canada...


There will be over four thousand events taking place simultaneously in over 175 nations. A few highlights:


 . In Cambodia, citizens from across the country will gather at the famous Angkor Wat to take a giant 350 action photo.


 . In Hungary, hundreds of bathers will jump into the public baths in Budapest and do a 350 synchronized swimming performance.


 . In Nepal, over a thousand young people and monks will march to the Swayambhunath world heritage site temple where they will form a large 350 with traditional lanterns.


 . In the United States, 350 people will dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller in Seattle -- because if we don't stop global warming, we might as well be undead.


 . In Panama, indigenous youth will lead a moonlight vigil in Kuna Yala, their vulnerable low-lying islands off the coast of Panama, forming a 350 at sunrise.


 . In Canada, yesterday, Greenpeace delivered a list of KYOTOplus petition signatories to the Prime Minister’s office. No reaction in the papers today...

What is 350? 350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Scientists measure carbon dioxide in "parts per million" (ppm), so 350ppm is the number humanity needs to get below as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change. 
To get there, we need a different kind of PPM-a "people powered movement" that is made of people like you in every corner of the planet.