{news} global warming events

Thu Oct 22 20:01:37 EDT 2009

The below was sent to the CT Green Party (greens at ctgreens.org).  At the very bottom is the significance of the number 350--350 parts per million of carbon (carbon dioxide, I'd guess) (in the atmosphere).  Connecticut Green Scene is not affiliated with the CT Green Party.
--Ed
----- Original Message ----- 
From: [Heather Burns-DeMelo] 
To: greens at ctgreens.org 
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:31 PM
Subject: 350.ORG, Underwater Cabinet, Legislative Lip Service


                       October 2009  
                        In This Issue  
                        Wake UP!  
                        Our Sponsor: Green Marine Productions  
                        None Became Law: Does Connecticut Pay Lip Service?  
                        Climate Commitment at Depth  
                 
                  
                        Just in case you think everyone in Connecticut is sleeping like the guy siting in the center, second row from the top, there are forty five registered 350.ORG events around the state and more than double the number over 4,000 around the world. We've done our best to round up and highlight a few that are going on around the state and hope you'll make the effort to get out there to one that strikes your fancy, meet some great people and show your support for climate action. For a full list of all 350.ORG events, visit their website. 


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                        350.ORG ROUND UP
                       

                        From sunrise on Compo Beach to bells tolling 350 times to humans forming numerals on grass, concrete and ice, there are 45 ways you can get involved on Saturday, October 24th. Here are a few from around the state:

                        7 AM COMPO BEACH, WESTPORT
                        Please arrive at 7:00, so that at sunrise, people can gather across the beach to appreciate the natural beauty - that we need to protect, where climate change will have a huge impact. Wear brightly colored clothes and bring scarves, flags, banners.

                        We'll have music, too, to bring us together in a shared sense of community, to recognize that we're in this together and together we can effect positive change. All are welcome! Bring instruments!


                        8 AM to 9:30 AM ALLEN'S MEADOWS, BLANK 
                        CONNECTICUT SIERRA CLUB 350 EVENT Join Connecticut Sierra Club and Sunrise Birders rain or shine at one of CT's best Fall migration birding areas - Fairfield County's Allen's Meadows where we will spot late migrating raptors and passerines in a beautiful meadow setting. White safflower seed will spell out 350. Bring binoculars and appreciative thoughts about New England's (vanishing?) temperate climate. Call 203.216.5938 for more information.

                        10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PUMPKIN FESTIVAL, DENICOLA PARK
                        Please join us for a kid-friendly climate action "pumpkin" festival at the track at Denicola park. Bring your own pumpkin and use them to create as big a "350" as possible. We will meet at 10:30 am and plan to take a photo of our "pumpkin-350" by about 12 pm. We will be joined by Milford Pedicab, a new and up-coming bike taxi (rickshaw) business in the New Haven area, for fun rides around the track and neighborhood.
                        Snacks and coffee provided. Event Website: http://kidhaven.wordpress.com

                        NOON and 2:30 PM ONE MAN'S QUEST: FROM CARBON NEUTRAL TO NEGATIVE CARBON, WILLINGTON 
                        Visitors to this unique home and alpaca farm will see:
                        *On-site demonstrations
                        *7.5 grid-tied PV system (motorized adjustable pole mount by Waldo Renewable Electric)
                        *Bergey wind turbine
                        *Energy audit expert
                        *Audi A4 and Mercedes 2400 diesel converted to hydrogen hybrids
                        *Low-tech working solar thermal greenhouse (salad, beans, herbs)
                        *Small solar-powered hydroponic and aquaponic fish pond for growing food without soil
                        *Energy audit results: new energy-saving appliances
                        *Manure-methane digester using alpaca waste to run fuel cell
                        *Solar electric fencing
                        *Wood stove with Eco fan
                        *LED flashlights with rechargeable batteries
                        *Organic clothing and food; solar wrist watch
                        *Apricus solar thermal system
                        *Solar LED lighting
                        *Recycled plastic decking
                        *Hydrogen fuel cell car kit model
                        *Organic perennial garden
                        *Lively discussion
                         
                        Reservations will be accepted in order of receipt for the space-limited seminar and tour. To order tickets, send $15 per person, indicating the preferred time, to PACE c/o Donna Grant, 128 Melrose Rd., Broadbrook, CT 06016. For information, call 860 623 5487. For general information, call 860 693 4813 or go to www.pace-cleanenergy.org. Rain date: 10/25.

                        BELLS TOLLING & ACTION ON THE GREEN 3:00 - 5PM, NEW HAVEN
                        United Church on the Green will join the other historic churches on the New Haven Green in ringing its church bell a symbolic 35 times at 3:50 pm on October 24. Church members will gather on the church steps to gather signatures for a petition asking elected officials to work towards bold actions in Copenhagen to reduce the CO2 in our atmosphere. They will also distribute a handout listing 10 things people can do to cut CO2 production.

                        ALSO: We'll be creating a huge human "350" on the New Haven green using hundreds of volunteers.

                        GROWING GREEN CO-OP, WEST HARTFORD
                        10:00 AM Tai Chi with Master Wu
                        11:00 AM Tree planting with Knox Park Foundation
                        12 noon- 6:00 PM 350 minutes of music and drumming with Craig Norton and friends
                        2:00 PM Children's Activities
                        6:00PM Community Dinner with Alchemy Juice Bar
                        7:00 PM Organic Art and Music


                        7 PM BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS, HARBOR YARD
                        Join thousands of people from around the state at the arena at Harbor Yard for a game of hockey and then as volunteers walk onto the ice during 2nd intermission to make the number 350. Aerial photographs will be displayed in Times Square, in local news media and on the 350.org website as part of a worldwide show of support for global climate change. If you're interested in going on the ice and participating, contact us. If you want to purchase tickets for the game, call 203-334-GOAL. 
                       
                        NONE BECAME LAW: DOES CONNECTICUT PAY LIP SERVICE?
                       

                        by Eileen Weber


                        Brendan Hanrahan thinks more should be done for the environment in Connecticut. He feels so strongly about it, CT EarthNet, an interactive, web-based network for environmental groups Hanrahan founded, has produced a summary of the 2009 legislation for environmental practices that were not passed this year. The summary also includes visualizations of the legislative session data such as issue heat maps, voting outcomes, and legislator similarity comparisons. The bills touched a variety of environmental topics from toxic chemicals to wetland management to energy efficiency and everything in between. 

                        Thirty-six bills were presented about renewable, clean energy. None became law. Thirty-two bills were presented on various points of energy efficiency. None became law. With thirty-two bills on public transportation, only one became law. Out of the twenty-four bills presented for recycling and waste measures, two passed and became law. 

                        And the list goes on. What this says, at least in Hanrahan's eyes, is that Connecticut may give lip service to the environment. But when all is said and done, the state may actually fall a little short. Click here to read more...
                       
                        POLICY & COMMITMENT AT DEPTH
                       

                        Donning SCUBA gear and communicating by whiteboards and hand signals, the 14 cabinet members of Maldives will approve a statement underwater "from Maldivian citizens" that will be presented at the December 7-18 UN climate summit in Copenhagen.  "We call upon all citizens from all countries, big and small, rich and poor, high and low, to join hands and reduce carbon emissions and bring down the level of carbon in the atmosphere to below 350 ppm," the statement will read.  

                        Now that's making a splash. 

                        Photo: 350.org 
                 
                 
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