| Imagine one of the largest banners the world has ever seen, staked down on a California glacier with a simple message: ‘I’m melting!’ |
Now imagine, at the same moment, activists in Ho Chi Minh City gathering along the Saigon River to mark the ever higher tides that are swamping homes and neighbourhoods.
Now imagine our friends in Hobart, Tasmania gathering along the beach to mark severe erosion from a recent series of freak storms.
Now imagine a global movement, working together on one day to connect these dots — each one a small bit of proof — and show how climate change is a clear and present danger.
On May 5 a Climate Impacts Day – a day of global witness organised by 350.org – will be held to do just that. All around the planet, at spots where climate change is already cutting deep, people will be gathering to express their anger and their hope that the world will find a better way.
At every event people will take a photo of a gigantic dot on a sign or banner – each dot representing a local climate impact – and the dots will be connected up to issue a global clarion call for climate action.
Start an event near you for Climate Impacts Day on 5/5/12! See www.climatedots.org
From one end of the earth to the other, we’ll rally to point out that there is no longer any doubt that burning coal and gas and oil is changing our planet. (If you want to read 593 pages of backup, please refer to the huge UN report issued on climate change and weather extremes that was released recently.)
People all over the world are invited to lead local events. And that includes Ireland!
People around the world will upload a group photo from their local event that captures their big “climate dot.” We’ll link up those images to make a gorgeous global photo mosaic that connects all the dots from places around the world.
“We want you to watch – but we want you to be a part of it at some point along the day,” says Bill McKibben of 350.org. “Not every place is getting pounded by climate change – so we’re also going to try and connect some of the dots of solutions emerging around the world. So if you’ve got a hopeful energy project near you, or a beautiful community garden coming into May bloom in the northern hemisphere.” Sign up here to register an event in your community.