Posted by jamie — 30 June 2009 at 5:42pm
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There are a lot of tired but very happy (not
to mention sun-kissed) people around the office today. Those who manned the
Greenpeace field at Glastonbury
are reappearing and they have such tales to tell. (I would have asked one of them to write this update, but they're all worn out.)
I decided to give Glastonbury a miss this year, but it looks like everyone currently stuck in a seven-hour tailback in the car park had a rollickin' good time. Not just because of the sunshine or Blur's barnstorming set last night (slightly jealous I missed that), but the Greenpeace field was once again a marvel to behold.
Posted by jamie — 26 June 2009 at 3:46pm
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It's been a long time since there were polar
bears at London Zoo, but the famous attraction still houses many other species
which are threatened by the effects of climate change. So I can't help but
wonder whether this fact registered with Gordon Brown (himself an endangered
species) as he stood up at the zoo to present his blueprint for a global climate
action plan.
Posted by jossc — 26 June 2009 at 2:34pm
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Just a quick reminder of the sorts of things you'll be missing out on if you don't take that step through the grass arch to visit the ever-stimulating Greenpeace field at this year's Glastonbury festival.
So head on down to the Greenpeace field, where you can (in no particular order):
sign up to become an Airplotter and help us create a spectacular aviation intervention to stop Heathrow expansion.
scale the climbing walls of our action training centre
conquer the famous Greenpeace skateboard ramp
take a solar power shower
feast organically at Café Tango
get some expert advice about how to make your world a bit greener
Posted by jossc — 26 June 2009 at 11:19am
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With December's crucial Copenhagen climate change summit fast approaching, we talk to 350.org founder Bill McKibben about the politics of climate change in the US, the challenges of building a successful mass movement, and how we set about not only restricting the amount of new CO2 we're pumping into the atmosphere, but reducing the levels that are already there.
350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit
for carbon dioxide in our atmosphere - it's measured in "Parts Per Million".
So below 350 ppm is where we need to be to avoid runaway climate change. Currently the figure is around 390 and rising.
350.org will coordinate an international day of action on October 24 at hundreds of iconic places around the world - from the Taj Mahal to the Great Barrier Reef - with the aim of sparking a global movement to unite the public, media, and our political leaders behind the 350 goal.
A couple of stories in the press today caught my eye. Both are about what we internally refer to as 'charismatic megafauna' (the big animals people tend to be interested in and care about), but they are also both damning indictments of our failure to protect our oceans and the life that depends on them.
