350.org is an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis.
Its mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.
Its focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million (ppm), the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. The current level is 389 ppm.
On 24th October 2009 350.org is cordinating an International Day of Climate Action in order to unite the public, media and political leaders behind the 350 goal. By having actions all around the world that day, 350.org plans to send a clear message to the world leaders (who will be meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark this December to craft a new global treaty on cutting emissions) that 'the solutions to climate change must be equitable, they must be grounded in science, and they must meet the scale of the crisis.'
- "350 Maldives 2009" event organized by ECOCARE Maldives in affiliation with the Scouts Association of Maldives will be hosting number of events including:
- 350 Balloon's floating in midair with the number "350" lit on it
- Maldivian cultural music session with awareness programs
- Ground 350 motor vehicles (cars and motor bikes)
- Cut down energy consumption of the capital island Male' by 350KW
- "350 Prayers" - 350 people reciting Quran and praying to God to save our environment
- "Below 350" - An underwater demonstration by scuba divers and snorklers joining hands to show their support to reduce atmospheric carbondioxide to safer levels
- "Operation Life Raft 350" – a raft made from empty PET water bottles to be rowed from Male' to Hulhule, trying to create awareness in ways to reduce, reuse and recylce in order to achieve the 350 balance.
In addition, the Maldives Photographers Association together with the Maldives Science Society is planning to send 350 unique postcards to 350 world leaders and personalities who will be attending the Copenhagen conference (COP15).
These actions from the Maldives will be part of more than 1400 currently registered actions from 111 countries happening on 24th October 2009.
If an international grassroots movement holds the world leaders accountable to the latest climate science, we can start the global transformation we so desperately need.
