This guest blog, originally posted on our partner 1Sky site, is by Dr. John Stanley, editor for A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency and website director at Ecological Buddhism.
President Mohammed Nasheed of the Maldives was the first head of state to arrive in Copenhagen yesterday, and his first public appearance was a giant rally with 350.org at the people’s forum.
Nasheed gave a rousing speech at the “Suicide Pact or Survival Pact?” event at Klimaforum hosted by TckTckTck partner 350.org. By the end, the crowd of a thousand people were all on their feet chanting 3-5-0!
350.org is a new generation of organization, and today shows how well their model fits the noisy wired world we live in. You see, 350 aren't trying to build a massive new organization, or grow their own brand. Their one and only goal is to get a number - in this case, what we all believe is the most important number in the world - into the public consciousness.
And have they ever done that today. A roar just went around the office a few minutes ago, "we're the top story on Google news!".
Things are moving so fast as thousands of 350 day stories, photos, and videos come in from Oceana, South Asia, Africa, India, the Middle East, and eastern Europe, we thought we'd let the co-founder and spokesperson for 350.org, Bill McKibbon, do some guest posts on our site. Here's his latest on where he is at in this very special and moving moment:
For the next 48 hours, our blog will be taken over with stories from the world's most widespread political event in history - the Global Day of Action organized by our partner 350.org. The day is exploding already just as dawn occurs in New Zealand. The countries involved have grown to 179, bringing in actions over the last couple days from Guinea, Brunei, Turkmenistan, E.Timor, Kiribati and Micronesia.
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