Originally published on the CGS blog on November 3, 2009.
Here are some pictures that Tom Hastings took at the Climate Action Day, Oct 24, at Manhattan Beach. This world-wide event was organized by the 350 Organization (http://www.350.org). The purpose was to raise awareness of the goal to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million in order for the climate to be sustainable. CO2 is currently at 390 ppm and rising 2 ppm each year.
The CGS table manned by Becky Tan and Tom Hastings on Climate Action Day, Saturday, October 24, at Manhattan Beach. They got over twenty attendees to fill out postcards and address them to Senators Boxer and Feinstein and to President Obama:
There was a long line showing where high tide will be on Manhattan Beach if we don’t bring CO2 down to 350 parts per million:
