It’s been a long year for people who care about global warming: the failures in Copenhagen and in Congress were great blows.
But it’s been a pretty good week: the announcement on Tuesday that the Obamas would put up solar panels on the WH roof, the pictures the next day of Maldivian president Mohammed Nasheed doing that very thing, the announcement yesterday that Illinois governor Pat Quinn is going solar too. Oh, and the mayor of Mexico City announcing that they’ll cut carbon emissions in the world’s third largest city by 10%.
All of this leads in to 350.org’s huge Global Work Party on 10/10/10.—which, with 7000 events in 188 countries will be the largest day of environmental action in the planet’s history. Hell, it will be the most widespread day of political action on any issue ever.
It’s actually Sunday right now in New Zealand, and the first pictures are starting to flood in. But tomorrow around the U.S. there will be a couple of thousand events, including 400 in California tied to the fight against Proposition 23.
And we’re kicking it off for Americans at 5 this afternoon, when we have a rare chance to ask the White House some questions about climate change. We’ll have a big conference call with Jon Carson—he’s chief of staff for the president’s Council on Environmental Quality, and he also knows a thing or two about organizing, having led the Obama field team in 2008.
Anyway, if you’ve got a question, email it to questions@350.org in the next couple of hours. Meanwhile, check out the photos that are starting to flow in at flicker.com/photos/350org. Here’s the call info:
When: The call will start at 5pm PST/ 8pm EST
Conference call number: (201) 793-9022
Conference room number: 9465206
And above all—spread the word about tomorrow, and get out to your nearest event tomorrow. Easy to find out where it is, at 350.org
And a few pictures to whet your appetite, from Mombasa, Kenya; Iganga, Uganda, and East Falmouth, Massachusetts: