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The eARTh Project
The eARTh Project
What Is eARTh?
This November 20-28, 2010, 350.org is organizing EARTH: A Week of
Climate Art. We are calling on people to use their most powerful
skill--their creativity--to convey the urgency of climate change. We
need your help to communicate, in new and exciting ways, what the number
350 means for our planet.
Why?
Scientists have given us the facts behind climate change, and have told
us of the urgent the need for bold action. Yet, their message isn't
getting through: culture and politics aren't moving fast enough. This
points to a lack of communication. We need your help to make sure the
science behind climate change is heard loud and clear by our politicians
and our communities. Its time to use our creativity to communicate this
global problem in a truly international language: Art!
When?
November 20-28, 2010, the week before the next round of international
U.N. Climate talks where negotiators will meet to work towards a global
climate treaty.
Where?
Everywhere! Because art can be made anywhere. It can even be made to be
visible from space! In 20 specific locations throughout the world,
amazing artists are collaborating with local communities to create large
scale art pieces which will be photographed by satellite and shared
with the world on the eve of the next round of U.N. Climate talks. But
we know there are more than 20 creative folks out there. . .
Who?
You and your community. We are inviting you to use this day to
communicate the threat of climate change on a global scale, but also to
show how your local community is and will be affected. It is time for
people to do more than just know
about climate change, its time to help people feel what it actually
means for their family and their community. It is time to start reaching
people on the emotional level. This is also our opportunity to show the
world how good a 350 planet could be. How do you communicate what
climate change means to you?
Send us the photos and videos of your art and we’ll share it with the
world by showcasing it in an online photo and video gallery (Coming
soon).
How?
There are endless creative ways for you to participate in EARTH. You can
physically show up to be in one of the 20 satellite art installations,
or you can create your own piece of art. (Details about how to
participate in the 20 satellite art pieces coming October 19th)
On October 24th, 2009 and October 10th, 2010 your photographs showed us
how truly creative this global movement is. We saw painting, dance,
sculpture, photography and video coming in from all over the planet,
reaching across the globe and into our hearts. We will soon be posting
ideas for creative projects, but surprise us by coming up with your own!
We ask that you somehow incorporate the critical number 350 into your
art. 350 is the number scientists are calling “the most important number
on the planet.” 350 is the safe upper limit of parts per million of CO2
in our atmosphere that we need to maintain if, as NASA’s James Hansen
explained, “we want a planet similar to the one on which civilization
developed, and to which life is adapted." Click here for more
information about why 350 is such an important number.
What Is eARTh?
This November 20-28, 2010, 350.org is organizing EARTH: A Week of
Climate Art. We are calling on people to use their most powerful
skill--their creativity--to convey the urgency of climate change. We
need your help to communicate, in new and exciting ways, what the number
350 means for our planet.
Why?
Scientists have given us the facts behind climate change, and have told
us of the urgent the need for bold action. Yet, their message isn't
getting through: culture and politics aren't moving fast enough. This
points to a lack of communication. We need your help to make sure the
science behind climate change is heard loud and clear by our politicians
and our communities. Its time to use our creativity to communicate this
global problem in a truly international language: Art!
When?
November 20-28, 2010, the week before the next round of international
U.N. Climate talks where negotiators will meet to work towards a global
climate treaty.
Where?
Everywhere! Because art can be made anywhere. It can even be made to be
visible from space! In 20 specific locations throughout the world,
amazing artists are collaborating with local communities to create large
scale art pieces which will be photographed by satellite and shared
with the world on the eve of the next round of U.N. Climate talks. But
we know there are more than 20 creative folks out there. . .
Who?
You and your community. We are inviting you to use this day to
communicate the threat of climate change on a global scale, but also to
show how your local community is and will be affected. It is time for
people to do more than just know
about climate change, its time to help people feel what it actually
means for their family and their community. It is time to start reaching
people on the emotional level. This is also our opportunity to show the
world how good a 350 planet could be. How do you communicate what
climate change means to you?
Send us the photos and videos of your art and we’ll share it with the
world by showcasing it in an online photo and video gallery (Coming
soon).
How?
There are endless creative ways for you to participate in EARTH. You can
physically show up to be in one of the 20 satellite art installations,
or you can create your own piece of art. (Details about how to
participate in the 20 satellite art pieces coming October 19th)
On October 24th, 2009 and October 10th, 2010 your photographs showed us
how truly creative this global movement is. We saw painting, dance,
sculpture, photography and video coming in from all over the planet,
reaching across the globe and into our hearts. We will soon be posting
ideas for creative projects, but surprise us by coming up with your own!
We ask that you somehow incorporate the critical number 350 into your
art. 350 is the number scientists are calling “the most important number
on the planet.” 350 is the safe upper limit of parts per million of CO2
in our atmosphere that we need to maintain if, as NASA’s James Hansen
explained, “we want a planet similar to the one on which civilization
developed, and to which life is adapted." Click here for more
information about why 350 is such an important number.
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