350 Day of climate awareness

350 Day of climate awareness - Oct 24th 2009

Written by Rich

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If you have organized a consciousness-raising event for next Saturday—October 24^th—the day of climate awareness www.350.org -- make sure you post your events there.

Search for local events at Earththrives' PV valley 350 event search
(It also has a saved copy of local events since 350.org has been pretty busy)

From GREEN Northampton

In our community, there is a drive to get 350 homes to pledge to put up clotheslines in their yards. (Dryers are one of the largest users of electricity in your home. My family uses 100 Kw hours per month less than we used to by using a clothesline instead of our dryer).

GREEN Northampton pledges to put up clotheslines for anyone that wants to purchase a clothesline and have it assembled and hung.

If you are willing to volunteer a few hours on a Saturday to work with GREEN Northampton supporters in a community barn raising (only we'll be raising clotheslines), please sign on by replying to this email. Information is below to pledge to have a clothesline hung in your yard or in your house. It means you'll be introduced to the pleasures of air drying and to a precipitous drop in your electric bill. (There are two types of outdoor clotheslines, the type of rope clothesline that we often see hung between a tree and the side of a house. The other is like a sun umbrella with just the wire skeleton to hang clothes on. It spins and stands on a pole driven into the ground.)

RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to join in the clothesline barn raising or at http://www.350clotheslines.afscwm.org/ to pledge to put up a clothesline.

at Greenfield High School, 9:30-2 More at 350greenfield.org

9:30 welcome, music, plan for day

10-11:15 and 11:45-1 workshops, film, kids' program, info tables, games, contests

30 min break in order to visit info tables, play games, do art project for prizes, get snack at food vendors.

1pm - Parade three blocks to football field, make big 350 on field, photograph for 350 website, free ice cream for all who stay for photo.

workshops will include food preservation, building retrofit, weatherization skills, teach-in led by local college students, pachamam film on need for spiritual awakening, low carbon diet study program, backyard gardening, composting (worms!), and more!

AMHERST 350 CELEBRATION

SATURDAY OCT. 24 FROM 11:30 TO 1:00
JOIN THE WORLD TO STOP CLIMATE CHANGE!
SINGERS/CLIMATE THEATER/GAMES/RIVETING SPEAKERS

AMHERST JOINS OVER 4,000 EVENTS IN MORE THAN 170 COUNTRIES
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
A DAY TO REMEMBER!

11:30 KID GAMES / 350 X 2 BELL RINGING / SINGERS SERENADING
MAPLE SYRUP/FACTOID POSTING/ TABLES

11:50 * MARCH OF THE MAPLES - DRUMS, BELLS, HUGE PUPPETS *

NOON- ** CLIMATE THEATER TAKES THE STAGE! **
350 MAPLE TREES IN ACTION
SINGERS:
MOLLY SCOTT
THE RAGING GRANNIES
AMHERST COLLEGE MADRIGALS
THE ELUSIVE - DUO
THE GIN AND TONICS

EXCITING KEYNOTE SPEAKER - MARGARET BULLITT-JONAS
TOWN PROCLAMATION
STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS