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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:
I can hardly believe my eyes. 16 hours ago, citizens in New Zealand gathered before dawn next to a wind turbine on a mountaintop. As local elders said prayers to bless the global event, banners and signs were held high to to greet the planet's first rays of sunlight on this most incredible of days.
As the sun continues across the planet we've been receiving photos and video of rallies in Ethiopia, bike rides in Wellington, SCUBA divers in Australia, organizers planting 350 trees in Thailand, hundreds of students marching in India and Nepal and Mongolia. And we're getting reports from 350.org offices around the world that the phones are ringing off the hook with calls from the media who want to cover the story.
The day is just beginning and already it's larger, more powerful, and so much more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. I've been a writer my entire life and yet words truly cannot describe what you have accomplished already.
To truly grasp today, please stay tuned to our website as more and more photos come in from across the planet, and especially our evolving photo slideshow.
And the best news of all? The day has just begun!
Bill
Editors P.S. Here are some of our favorite new photos from places around the world this morning:
Bulgaria
Muizenburg, South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Abu Dhabi
Inner Mongolia
Tijuana, Mexico
Sydney, Australia
Be sure to check out the live photos streaming in from around the world at 350's main Flickr site. Or you can view the best of them in our slideshow here.
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24 October 09 | marco valente
thanks Bill
Thanks Bill for being such a source of inspiration for all of us in this day and beyond! We took some pics in Karlskrona, where few hours ago we made a human graph of the concentrations so far and where we need to go back to. What an exciting moment in history to be active, to try and change the course of history.
Best,
Marco
24 October 09 | Anonymous
Wow, Sydney, nice.
Wow, Sydney, nice.