TAKE OVER ROUTE 100! Bike for the Planet This Saturday
Please join us and others around the world on Saturday October 24th (the International Day of Climate Action) to raise awareness about climate change. We’ll take over Route 100 with a Bike for the Planet event: meet at Lareau Park at 3:50pm and bike to the General Wait House and back. We’ll stop at the Big Picture Theater to pose for a photo which will be posted on the 350.org website along with others from around the world. To show our support of and participation in the global 350 campaign, we’ll have “350″ signs on our backs (provided).
350 parts per million is considered the safe upper limit for CO2 in the atmosphere. Currently, the concentration in the atmosphere is approx. 387 ppm.
MORE INFORMATION
On October 24, people from around the Mad River Valley will gather to cycle for change—leading a “Bike for the Planet” event on Route 100 in Waitsfield—as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. The event—one of more than 3,700 rallies in more than 160 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.
WHO: All are welcome to join—please wear bright colors and a helmet. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mad River, the Valley Futures Network, the Mad River Path Association, and the Mad River Valley Planning District.
WHAT: Participants will lead a Bike for the Planet from Lareau Park to the General Wait House, where there will be a rally and refreshments. The Bike Parade will then return to Lareau Park. Participants will stop at the Big Picture Theater to take a photo for posting on the global 350 campaign website.
Simultaneously, people in every corner of the world will be taking similar action, 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 at 3:50pm
WHERE: Begin at Lareau Park in Waitsfield, bike to the General Wait House for a short rally and refreshments, then return
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Photos from the event will be available at: http://www.FriendsoftheMadRiver.org
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.
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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