September 2011
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A Beautiful Day
Visit www.350.org for the latest blog posts, and visit the Moving Planet homepage to see photos from around the world.
After an incredible day of global action, photos and videos are still coming in from around the world — submit yours here. Below is the emails we just sent out to our global email list. If you’re not getting our emails, you can sign up here.
Dear friends,
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Renewables defeat fossil fuels!
We’ve had a victory here in New Zealand for renewable energy - Green Party Member of Parliament Kevin Hague defeated Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn in a Moving Planet debate last night, titled “What future fossil fuels?”. Hague, speaking in support of moving beyond fossil fuels eloquently made his case in a tense atmosphere - Greymouth is at the center of New Zealand’s coal...
Moving the planet: The beat quickens in Buenos...
Matias Kalwill and David Byrne on the musician and bike activist’s recent trip to Argentina.
Buenos Aires Moving Planet organizer Matias Kalwill was just interviewed by the San Francisco Bay Guardian about the events planned for his city tomorrow - here are a few excerpts, or read the whole interview here.
SFBG: What inspired you to get involved? MK: The chance to put on a high impact...
Moving Planet on national TV in Ecuador!
Organizers and local cycling advocates in Ecuador landed a 30 minute segment on national TV in Ecuador about their Moving Planet event, providing a big boost to an already powerful march and cycle rally tomorrow! Tomorrow, rain or shine, they’ll be cycling and marching the streets of Quito to demand better urban transportation policies that favor bikes and public transit over bikes.
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Guess who met the chief minister?
The 350 team in Hyderabad, India did not wait long and fixed up an appointment with the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. A state which is currently caught up in a 50 year old imbroglio of its people calling for a separate state is also facing another critical issue in the form of massive coal fired power plants.
These energy plans based on fossil fuels (coal) have serious implications for...
Poetry in Motion
That’s the name of one Moving Planet event in Farmington, Maine in the United States, as well as the theme for 100 Thousands Poets for Change, an exciting initiative also coordinating worldwide action this Saturday. There are over 700 events in 555 cities in over 95 countries around the world - poetry readings, slams, and other literary events to promote “serious social,...
Moving and cute
Some of the early actions are already underway around the world. Israel jumped ahead yesterday even, and a few other events are on the move today, including Cairo, Egypt (photos coming soon).
Two events that just sent in their photos are a kids march in Macedonia…
And Infosys employees in Bangalore promoting ways to get to work sustainably…
Where next? —>...
Read Behind the Smiles
We’re so close to the launch of Moving Planet - and it’s going to begin in a truly moving way. At 6am, as the sun rises over the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, people will gather in the village of Popua. In fact they’re already there - they’re camping out for the night in Popua because it is one of the most vulnerable villages to the impacts of climate change. It...
The city is for people not for cars!
Today we celebrate the World Car Free Day (WCFD) and in two days Moving Planet will shake the big polluters! It is no coincidence that Moving Planet is happening on Saturday. What best illustrates our dependence on fossil fuels than a street crowded with cars? In São Paulo, which has the largest fleet of cars in the country (responsible for most of its greenhouse gases emissions and air...
Early birds in Israel
Our friends at Tel Aviv Rollers were too pumped to wait all the way until Saturday, so they got moving already last night! Check them out cruising through the city:
And here’s the report sent in by the team:
“We have gathered for an hour prior to the long route for explenation of the 350 idea and for some speeches. We did a competition for the best green outfit as seen in the...
WatchMassive bicycle mill planned for Saturday in Brussels, Belgium . Belgium Moving Planet organizer Nicholas told us that for their Moving Planet event they extended the bike mill you see in this video to 48 bikes!!!
Maldives going all the way
We’ve known for some time about the heroic leadership of the Maldives and their president, Mohamed Nasheed, in the fight against climate change. Click here for a little background on the subject. Well, the announcement of their plans to go carbon neutral in 2009 was definitely not just words. Here on the eve of Moving Planet, the small island country is releasing their latest effort to move...
Airing on Kazakh National Television...
Our friends in Kazakhstan tailored the Moving Planet video to air on national television this week promoting the 25 events taking place across the country!
Australian Interviews Vermonter
One of the joys of building a global movement are getting to form inspiring relationships that span across continents. Below, Australian media-maker Jackson Hewett interviews Laurel Heisman, one of the lead organizers for Vermont (USA)’s big Moving Planet event.
Why did you get involved with Moving Planet? I had done some local environmental activism in the past, but I’m really excited by the...
A Moving Planet
This is a beautiful piece by our friend Apollo Gonzales of NRDC, cross-posted from The Switchboard.
When I was a kid and things became too fast paced or stressful for me I would go outside, take off my shoes, and stand with my bare feet on whatever piece of earth was nearest me. I don’t know where I learned to do that, but it always made me feel stable. It made me feel still. As I got...
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A Global Movement
We say it often — we need a global movement to take on global warming.
There is no movement out there that is more important to unite globally than this one to create solutions to the global climate crisis. It is the most planetary of challenges we face, and our actions need to be equal in scope.
Hence, one of many reasons for Moving Planet, now set to go ahead in 168 countries — and...
Vietnamese celebrities raise their voice for a...
This just in from our friend and incredible climate movement leader, Hong, in Vietnam:
Climate change awareness raising is a long-term cause, it takes lots of inspiration for the public to take action. Even when the inspiration is there, you need real good messengers to pass that inspiration forward.
And here in Vietnam, we’ve found great messengers for our 350 movement: the celebrities – people...
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Let's give São Paulo back to its citizens!
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Last Friday, in São Paulo, Brazil (one of the most car-congested cities in the world), organizers participated in “living parking” spaces to spread the word out about Moving Planet!
Check out the video subtitled in English!
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Getting ready to move Rio
Last Saturday, Rio organizers met to paint banners for Moving Planet!
5 more days to move Rio and the whole planet!
Check out some pictures below! For more images, click here!
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Se preparando para mover o Rio!
No sábado passado, os organizadores da ação do Rio se reuniram para pintar banners para o Moving Planet!
Faltam 5 dias para movermos o Rio e todo o planeta!
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Libya is on board for Moving Planet!
By Sarah Rifaat, 350.org Arab World Coordinator in Cairo
It came as a surprise, and as an enormous new source of inspiration, when Professor Satya Pal Bindra from Misurata University, a long time 350.org organizer, expressed the willingness to organize for Moving Planet at such a tumultuous period in Libya’s history. “We are making sure that our new Libyan political leaders get the message that...
Zagreb: "Pedala nije sala" (Pedaling is not a...
Our friends at Nektarina in Zagreb, Croatia are so pumped to get our planet moving they could wait for next Saturday. They held a 1,000 person kick-off cycle rally yesterday, Sunday, September 18th with the message “Pedala nije sala” (Pedaling is not a joke).
Moving Planet in Zagreb is part of an ongoing push to promote all sustainable transportation options for the city and...
Moving Turkmenistan
We’re getting to the point where we can hardly keep up with all the wonderful stories pouring in for Moving Planet. Among those is the news of our friends in Turkmenistan joining in for the day of action. Turkmenistan is not known for climate action, or really citizen-led initiatives of most sorts. That’s part of why it has been incredible to join together with climate leaders there...
Dress Code Green -- Israel
We can really start to feel the big day approaching. Long distance cycle rides are already under way in India and Indonesia. The Pacific is raising the volume of their action. Rio organizers are gearing up for our big moving day by joining marathon events there this week. New countries are being registered by the day — the Bahamas and Belize are the two newest places to join us.
And today,...
Pacific about to get very LOUD for Moving Planet
We’re one week out from Moving Planet - and organisers in every one of the 17 Pacific Island nations and territories are about to switch into loud mode. For the last two global days of action the Pacific region has mobilised strongly. But it’s becoming clear that we haven’t seen anything yet. Over the next week, we’ll be hearing and seeing stories of a Pacific youth...
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Marathon of events in Rio before Moving Planet
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Organizers in Rio are participating in a marathon of events to spread the word about Moving Planet and call people to move beyond fossil fuels on September 24th!
Over the next week, they will attend the 24 Hours of Reality event in Rio, participate in a “Vaga Viva” (temporary occupation of car parking spaces to create living areas for people) in the City...
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Painting arrows to move Salvador!
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As we have said before, in Salvador, Brazil, it is scheduled for Moving Planet a beach cleaning movement and a thematic marine cycle ride to call attention for the lack of urban mobility in the city and raise awareness about the reality of Ribeira beach used as a landfill, polluting the sea and threatening the livelihood of fishermen.
The action organizer has sent us a...
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São Paulo is getting ready to move for a...
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As Moving Planet approaches, one way to call people for the action “The City is Ours: Parade for the Sustainable Mobility Plan of São Paulo” is spreading this beautiful poster and stickers designed by Valdinei Calvento (Cabelo) and Pedro Belem through the city.
São Paulo está se preparando para se mover por um Plano de Mobilidade Sustentável
A menos de duas...
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Yan Suyana, viene del Quechua y significa Camino...
El grupo Yan Suyana, de Pasto, Colombia trabajando desde julio del 2010 para sensibilizar a las personas sobre el cambio climático, identificando excelentes aliados como lo son las instituciones educativas, la Policía Nacional, el Ejercito Nacional y las entidades encargadas del manejo del medio ambiente.
Recientemente realizaron la 7ma jornada de arborización. Ya han sembrado más de 2300...
New video!
It was incredibly exciting to stumble upon a newly created video for Moving Planet that we didn’t even know what is the works. Many thanks to the creator — we think in New Zealand…
Climate legislation moves forward in Australia -... →
Climate activists across Australia received some good news yesterday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced carbon tax legislation - a huge step forward for advocates who have been working on the issue for 10 years.
The fight isn’t over yet - but luckily Moving Planet is perfectly timed to provide citizen pressure to pass the legislation. Here’s one particularly exciting event...
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Main Moving Planet Actions in Brazil
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With less than two weeks for the big day, we have 63 actions registered for Moving Planet in Brazil covering 17 Brazilian states!
Below, you can read an overview of the main events:
In São Paulo, we are demanding a sustainable mobility plan that returns the city to its citizens, with good quality public transport that works for 24 hours a day...
Indonesia is off!
Two weeks before the main Moving Planet day on the 24th of September, folks in Indonesia have already commenced their moving action. They are cycling a route over 10,000 km long for 350 hours from Bali to Bandung calling on the Indonesian government to commit to stronger action to get off fossil fuels.
The Indonesia government have some strong commitments to climate action already that need...
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Please give me a name
Hi, we are Vince’s and Tara’s folding bikes, and we just came from Jay’ Bike Cafe, unfortunately we don’t have names yet. can you give us names? Oh, did we mention that if ever we like it, we will give you prizes during our moving-planet event at The Outpost Restobar, this coming September 24? so what are you waiting for?
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Cycling and promoting Moving Planet
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This week we celebrated the Brazilian independence from Portugal (September 7th 1822). On Sundays and holidays, in São Paulo, we can enjoy cycle lanes that links several parks of the city. So, we went there to invite people to the Moving Planet Parade and to remind everybody that it’s about time we celebrated our independence from fossil fuels.
Pedalando e...
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Moving Planet Momentum
Writen by Andrea Van Meygaarden and cross-posted from world.350.org/africa:
Riding down Cape Town’s main road pushing a trolley, clad with a 3 meter tree made from recycled plastic bags gets it’s fair share of attention. Taxi drivers hooting, shop owners poking their heads out, ladies offering to help push and children giggling. Moving trolleys are a common sight on Cape Town streets, mostly...
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CIVILIZACIONES
(Muchísimas gracias a Gustavo Duch Guillot por esta hermosa creación literaria)
Para www.moving-planet.org y su 24 de septiembre.
Gustavo Duch Guillot (*)
La jornada se iniciaba plácidamente con la salida del Sol. Para las gentes del campo; para las gallinas, conejos y vacas; y para las niñas y niños, que entonces salían a jugar. Y finalizaba cuando el astro desordenado y tímido decidía...
Meeting Up with Bandung Bike Communities, 350...
Indonesia are ready for Moving Planet!
The issue on fight fossil fuel dependant in Indonesia
is starting to grow, one communities that very much
attached to this issue is cyclist.
The growth of Indonesia bicycle user is rapidly increasing
in the past few years. This is a very good moment for Indonesia
to start committing to stop fossil fuel addiction. Lots of bike
communities were born...
Pagilos para sa Planeta PILIPINAS
The Philippine Moving Planet will be held Sept 24, 2011 at Marikina River Park. The said event is 100% supported by the local government of Marikina City. Mobilization and advertising was handle by our government. This event is consist of the following activities: A. Fun Run B. Cycling C. Poster Making D. Photo Contest E. Clean-Up Drive F. Free Concert These activities are all for...
Green Quiz from Chiang May Associates Thailand,...
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It’s a day to move beyond fossil fuels, so we...
Of course these are just funny pictures on the cute T-shirt that our campaign team in Vietnam produce to raise funds for the campaign. Normally, the meaning behind these designs would be quite difficult to get, but with the intensive communications campaign around the global action day to move beyond fossil fuels, these T-shirts are becoming “hot” items for the youngsters in Vietnam this...
Moving Planet Buenos Aires!
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« Dónde y cuándo » Sábado 24 de septiembre a las 13hs en Arevalo y Nicaragua, Palermo
Buenos Aires se pone en movimiento con Moving Planet, un día de acción global para alejarse de los combustibles fósiles.
De 13 a 16 horas realizaremos conferencias y...