[Scpg] [sbperm] The next climate change action day: October 10, 2010

Sat Mar 13 19:32:16 PST 2010

Please remember that the People's World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights takes place in Cochabamba, Bolivia April 19-22, 2010.  Bolivian President Evo Morales convoked the conference as a response to what happened, or what didn't happen, in Copenhagen in Dec 2009.  
This is an incredible opportunity to think globally and act locally.
A recent post on 350.org. says “…In April, (Bolivia) will convene a major summit of progressive government leaders, social movement leaders, activists, and civil society to map out points of consensus and a plan for shifting the international debate on climate change towards an outcome that is fair and ambitious.  …their collaborative approach towards organizing this summit… reaches far beyond the anti-capitalist, radical wing of the movement that you might expect.  They have been working hard to reach out to a wide range of social movements and civil society, get invitations to government leaders with positions clearly different than their own, and map out an agenda that leads to open and honest conversations about a positive way forward.  In a post-Copenhagen world, their commitment and drive to building a broader and more powerful movement in 2010 is one of the most hopeful and inspiring things …to get involved with right now.”

Local Permaculture designer, water harvesting advocate, and longtime environmental steward, Barbara Wishingrad, will be attending the People's World Conference and representing Santa Barbara, particularly the Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara, Transition Town CA, and Transition Town SB, as well as anyone else who is aligned with the need to work for global consensus about climate change.  Please let her know what you would like her to share at the event, as your representative. She is signed up for the working groups Harmonizing with Nature, Mother Earth Rights, and Shared Vision.  She plans to share about the amazing projects we have going here in the SB area, including embracing Architecture 2030 and Fossil Free by 33, and to return to Santa Barbara to do presentations about the process and outcome of the conference and to join with others locally to carry the work forward, to October 10, 2010 and beyond.  If we can't keep it going, what's the point
 of the conference?

Seventeen virtual working groups have started in February and those not able to attend in person can participate by becoming part of an online working group. see http://pwccc.wordpress.com/ for more info in English.
groups include: 	* 01. Structural causes
	* 02. Harmony with Nature
	* 03. Mother Earth Rights
	* 04. Referendum
	* 05. Climate Justice Tribunal
	* 06. Climate Migrants
	* 07. Indigenous Peoples
	* 08. Climate Debt
	* 09. Shared Vision
	* 10. Kyoto Protocol
	* 11. Adaptation
	* 12. Financing
	* 13. Technology Transfer
	* 14. Forest
	* 15. Dangers of Carbon Market
	* 16. Action Strategies
	* 17. Agriculture and food sovereignty
 "To live outside the law, you must be honest"...Bob Dylan

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Subject: [sbperm] The next climate change action day: October 10, 2010

October 10, 2010 -- 10/10/10 -- is the date for a Global Work Party to work 
towards climate solutions.  The theme is "Get to Work."

Let's begin thinking about what our local organizations might do to 
participate in this global action!  CNN reported that last year's 350.org action on Oct 24th was "the most widespread day of political action in the 
planet's history" with 5200 actions in 181 countries.

Cheers,
Linda

Dear Friends,
Well, no one said it was going to be 
easy.

Last year, thanks to many of you, we built up enormous 
momentum for climate solutions. The global day of rallies you pulled off on 
October 24th turned out to "the most widespread day of political action in the 
planet's history," according to CNN, with 5200 actions in 181 
countries.

And in Copenhagen that translated into 117 
countries--most of the world's nations--supporting a tough 350 target. 

But it didn't translate into political victory. The biggest 
polluters wouldn't go along. So we still have work to do.

In fact, 
our slogan for 2010 is "Get To Work." Get to work to start changing our 
communities, and get to work to make our leaders realize that they actually need 
to lead. We've sifted through thousands of your emails from all over the world, 
and come up with an action plan for this year that we think may break the logjam 
and get us moving. But only, of course, if we act together to make it 
happen.

The first date to mark on your calendar: October 10. Working with our friends at the 10:10 campaign, we're going to make the tenth 
day of the tenth month of the millennium's tenth year a real starting point for 
concrete action. We're calling it the 10/10 Global Work Party, and in 
every corner of the world we hope communities will put up solar panels, insulate 
homes, erect windmills, plant trees, paint bikepaths, launch or harvest local 
gardens. We'll make sure the world sees this huge day of effort--and we'll 
use it to send a simple message to our leaders:  "We're 
working--what about you? If we can cover the roof of the school with solar 
panels, surely you can pass the legislation or sign the treaty that will spread 
our work everywhere, and confront the climate crisis in time." 10/10/10 will 
take a snapshot of a clean energy future -- the world of 350 ppm -- and show 
people why it's worth fighting for.  It's not too early to sign up here: www.350.org/oct10

Every 
nation is not created equal in this climate crisis, of course. If we can't get 
the biggest polluters and the biggest economies to change, then we'll never win. 
So we're going to focus some particular attention on China, the United States, 
and India with a Great Power Race--college and university campuses will 
compete to see who can come up with the most, and the most creative, climate 
solutions. We hope friendly competition will help governments see that they have 
a lot to gain by diving into clean energy--and a lot to lose by missing this 
opportunity.

And we'll keep figuring out ways to apply political 
pressure where it counts--in the U.S. Senate, say, where we're joining a group 
of our best allies in backing the proposed Cap-and-Dividend approach that 
would stop letting big polluters  pour carbon into the sky for free. In 
other parts of the world, we'll hold more of the climate leadership 
workshops that produced so many great leaders last year.

And as 
the next UN conference approaches in Mexico in December, we'll stage the 
largest piece of public art in the planet's history--a reminder that we have 
to bring passion to bear along with science and economics if we're going to move 
this process.

We know, from the calls and emails we've been getting, that 
people all over the world are ready to go to work. We think this plan can 
increase the odds of real action. We know that we have no choice. When, years 
down the road, the next generation asks what we did to save the planet, we want 
to be able to say: "We rolled up our sleeves and got to work."  There's no 
guarantee we can beat the rich and powerful interests that we're up against--but 
thanks to you we've got enough momentum to have a real chance. Let's use it 
now.
Onwards,

Bill McKibben and the 350.org 
Team

P.S. We've learned that there's great power in pictures, and so 
we decided to make an audio slideshow that walks through our plan for 2010 and 
how we got here.  Please watch it here, 
and share the piece with family & friends by spreading this link: www.350.org/audio-slideshow. 
Also, please forward this message far and wide--2010 needs to be a year of 
unprecedented growth for this movement. 

P.P.S. We want to know what your 
reaction is to the plan for 2010--will you share your ideas and thoughts with 
the Global 
350 Facebook Community by leaving a comment in the latest message? (www.facebook.com/350.org)

You  should join us on Facebook by becoming a fan of our page at facebook.com/350org and follow us on twitter by visiting twitter.com/350

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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 of  people like you in every corner of the planet.

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