Jessie James L. Marcellones envió un mensaje a los miembros de/del Asia Pacific
Youth Environmental Network.

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Asunto: from 350.org: This is an invitation to help build a movement--to take
one day and use it to stop the climate crisis.

Dear World,

This is an invitation to help build a movement--to take one day day and use it
to stop the climate crisis.

On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global
climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we'll make it clear: the
world needs an international plan that meets the latest science and gets us back
to safety.

This movement has just begun, and it needs your help.

Here's the plan: we're asking you, and people in every country on
earth, to organize an action in their community on October 24.

There are no limits here--imagine bike rides, rallies, concerts, hikes,
festivals, tree-plantings, protests, and more. Imagine your action linking up
with thousands of others around the globe. Imagine the world waking up.

If we can pull it off, we'll send a powerful message on October 24: the
world needs the climate solutions that science and justice demand.

It's often said that the only thing preventing us from tackling the climate
crisis quickly and equitably is a lack of political will. Well, the only thing
that can create that political will is a unified global movement--and no one is
going to build that movement for us. It's up to regular people all over the
world. That's you.

So register an event in your community for October 24, and then enlist the help
of your friends. Get together with your co-workers or your local environmental
group or human rights campaign, your church or synagogue or mosque or temple;
enlist bike riders and local farmers and young people. All over the planet
we'll start to organize ourselves.

With your help, there will be an event at every iconic place on the planet on
October 24-from America's Great Lakes to Australia's Great Barrier
Reef--and also in all the places that matter to you in your daily lives: a beach
or park or village green or town hall.

If there was ever a time for you to get involved, it's right now. There are
two reasons this year is so crucial.

The first is that the science of climate change is getting darker by the day.
The Arctic is melting away with astonishing speed, decades ahead of schedule.
Everything on the planet seems to be melting or burning, rising or parched.

And we now now have a number to express our peril: 350.

NASA's James Hansen and a team of other scientists recently published a
series of papers showing that we need to cut the amount of carbon in the
atmosphere from its current 387 parts per million to 350 or less if we wish to
"maintain a planet similar to that on which civilization developed."

No one knew that number a year ago-but now it's clear that 350 might well
be the most important number for the future of the planet, a north star to guide
our efforts as we remake the world. If we can swiftly get the planet on track to
get to 350, we can still avert the worst effects of climate change.

The second reason 2009 is so important is that the political opportunity to
influence our governments has never been greater. The world's leaders will
meet in Copenhagen this December to craft a new global treaty on cutting carbon
emissions.

If that meeting were held now, it would produce a treaty would be woefully
inadequate. In fact, it would lock us into a future where we'd never get
back to 350 parts per million-where the rise of the sea would accelerate,
where rainfall patterns would start to shift and deserts to grow. A future where
first the poorest people, and then all of us, and then all the people that come
after us, would find the only planet we have damaged and degraded.

October 24 comes six weeks before those crucial UN meetings in Copenhagen. If
we all do our job, every nation will know the question they'll be asked when
they put forth a plan: will this get the planet back on the path to 350?

This will only work with the help of a global movement-and it's starting
to bubble up everywhere. Farmers in Cameroon, students in China, even World Cup
skiers have already helped spread the word about 350. Churches have rung their
bells 350 times; Buddhist monks have formed a huge 350 with their bodies against
the backdrop of Himalayas. 350 translates across every boundary of language and
culture. It's clear and direct, cutting through the static and it lays down
a firm scientific line.

On October 24, we'll all stand behind 350--a universal symbol of climate
safety and of the world we need to create. And at the end of the day, we'll
all upload photos from our events to the 350.org website and send these pictures
around the world. This cascade of images will drive climate change into the
public debate--and hold our leaders accountable to a unified global citizenry.

We need your help-the world is a big place and our team is small. Our crew at
350.org will do everything we can to support you, providing templates for
banners and press releases, resources to spread the word, and tools to help you
build a strong local climate action group. And our core team is always just a
phone call or e-mail away if you need some support.

This is like a final exam for human beings. Can we muster the courage, the
commitment, and the creativity to set this earth on a steady course before
it's too late? October 24 will be the joyful, powerful day when we prove
it's possible.

Please join us and register your local event today.

Onwards,

Bill McKibben - Author and Activist- USA

Vandana Shiva - Physicist, Activist, Author - India
David Suzuki - Scientist, Author, Activist - Canada
Bianca Jagger - Chair of the World Future Council - UK
Tim Flannery - Scientist, Author, Explorer -Australia
Bittu Sahgal - Founding Editor of Sanctuary Asia - India
Andrew Simmons - Environmental Advocate, St. Vincent & The Grenadines
Christine Loh - Environmental Advocate and Legistlator - Hong Kong

regards,

Jessie James

p.s. AP YENs, let's see on how could we work on it. Please provide your
feed backs regarding the same.
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