It seems aerial photography is our new thing. We had Pink Dot a while ago, and now it’s time to let the top of your head shine to support climate change.
It happens on Saturday 24 October and it sounds like a fun day out.
Starting at 8am at the Padang, the organisers are hoping hundreds will gather to form the number ‘350′. That’s followed at 10am by a Wacky Walk from the Padang to SMU. Loosen up and channel your inner-clown. Face painting and costumes are encouraged, and weird walking styles are expected. I’ve done my fair share of schleps down Orchard Road, so I know strange walking behaviour shouldn’t be a stretch for a lot of people.
Then there’s a bunch of activities at SMU to enjoy.
Why ‘350′? A year ago James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climatologists, and his team at NASA produced a landmark series of studies. They showed that 350 parts CO2 per million in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity.
Right now we’re at 390! That’s nasty news and I think we all know we’re starting to see and feel the results of that around us.
But the good news is that we can pull it down if we try. The CO2 level is not permanent, it goes up with our actions and it can come down with our actions.
Surely you don’t have anything better to do on a Saturday morning than whoop it up in a wacky walk with hundreds of others. You won’t have that much fun reading the papers or starting your weekend chores.
More information here.
1 Comment
October 24, 2009 at 4:28 am
Nice work James Hansen.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=1a5e6e32-802a-23ad-40ed-ecd53cd3d320