Local Climate Action: 10/10/10 from 350.org

When:

Oct 10, 2010 12:00 am - Oct 11, 2010 12:00 am

Time Zone:

(GMT-5:00) America: New York

Location:

Nationwide, Nationwide, including NY, NY 10020 | Map It!

From the action-oriented organization 350.org, below is the description of the 10/10/10 event that will take place October 10, 2010.

Message from the UU Ministry for Earth: Last fall, more than 100 congregations participated in the International Day of Climate Action, initiated by 350.org.  This year, the UU Ministry for Earth is asking congregations to participate in the follow up event, 10/10/10, by getting involved in actions in their community to prepare for and/or prevent climate change.  Check out the information on the UU Ministry for Earth website.  We are asking congregations to register and send their stories once again, and we hope to have an even higher turn out this year.

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Are You Ready To Get To Work?

Our 2010 climate action plan is all about getting to work on local climate solutions.

On 10/10/10, the Global Work Party, we'll start transforming our communities from the ground up. Through local climate action projects, we'll make our leaders wake up and lead on the climate crisis. It's a plan that may well break the logjam and get us moving.

Looking for some ideas for your local work party? We have collected some of our favorites here.  

Whatever you choose to do just remember to plan a time for taking an action photo that visibly displays the number 350 and people getting to work. That way, we can stitch together a global mosaic for our leaders and the media, and show them that people all over the world are ready to get to work on climate solutions.  This gigantic photo petition will show the world: people everywhere demand leadership on solutions to the climate crisis that will get the world back to 350.

If you're ready to register, you can do so here: http://www.350.org/oct10

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Ideas For Your 10/10 Work Party

Have ideas to contribute to this list?  E-mail them to WorkIdeas@350.org

#1 Organize a Tree Planting

Planting trees is fun, friendly, and a great way to engage the community.  And each one you plant will be a little carbon-sequestering machine for years to come.  Try to shoot for planting 350 trees or more in one day!

#2 Go Solar

Working on a solar project is a great way to demonstrate the clean energy future right in your community.  Whether its installing a solar panel on a local school, building a solar cooker for your community, or putting a solar hot water heater on your house--it is a great way to work with the planet, not against it.

 #3 Work on a Community Garden or an Organic Farm

To get to 350, we'll need to rethink the way we produce food on the planet--moving away from industrial agriculture powered by fossil fuels, and towards small-scale, local, organic farming. Think about using your work party as a day to model this new system--maybe you can break ground on a new community garden.  Or simply help out harvesting at a local farm. For more info, visit 350.org/foodandfarm
 

 
#4 Go For a Ride:

Biking is a great way to get out and be visible in your community. It also demonstrate the need for improved infrastructure for our alternative modes of transportation. Think about setting up a bike repair workshop, or painting bike lanes in your community.  Maybe an awareness ride of 350 miles (or kilometers) if you're feeling a bit more ambitious?

#5 Harness the Wind

A local wind project can show that you're serious about building the clean energy economy.  Putting up a turbine is a big project though, so you'll want to start planning this one early...

#6 Get Efficient:

Energy Efficiency is often considered "low hanging fruit" when it comes to reducing carbon emissions.  It's often easier and cheaper than installing renewable energy, so why not start here? Whether it's installing more efficient LED or CFL lightbulbs in your MPs office, insulating your basement, weatherizing your church or temple, or doing an energy audit on your school, efficiency can help get us on the path to 350 as soon as humanly possible.  (This is also likely one of the easiest ways to reduce emissions really fast -- like 10% in 2010 as our friends at the 10:10 campaign are helping folks to do).

#7 Start a Transition Town

"The Transition Towns" project is designed to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. By raising awareness of sustainable living and building local resilience in the near future, making your community a "transition town" can provide a solid framework for sustained action at the local level. There is even a whole existing network of communities working as Transition towns that you can connect with to learn what they are doing: http://www.transitiontowns.org.
 

#8 Faith Work: Connections between the world's diverse religions and the issue of global warming are numerous and strike a strong moral chord. This is a great way to gather people together who already have a community in which they discuss the big questions -- now is the chance to add global warming to the list and harness the network to start working on the solutions.

#9 Trash Clean Up: Sadly, some of our iconic places aren’t as pristine as we’d like. Why not leave the place better than you found it?  By recycling the garbage you find, you can ensure that the embedded energy in the products gets reused--instead of decomposing over the years and sending a stready stream of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

#10 Join the 10:10 Campaign: Our friends at 10:10 Global are working an ambitious project: uniting different sectors of society behind the simple idea that by working together we can achieve a 10% cut in carbon emissions in a single year, starting in 2010.  Their focus is on immediate, practical action--350.org's focus is on uniting local actions for systemic change on a global level.  350.org and 10:10 are working hand in hand in 2010, and we couldn't be happier about the partnerhsip--if you want to get plugged into the 10:10 Global Campaign, sign up by using the widget below:

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