damato gangster in the streets always hustlin http://www.youtube.com/cwatch?v=bwyhzebcs 

Watch our 90-second animation about 350 and help us take over YouTube with climate videos! Also, check out these videos too: one from Friends of the Earth and another from Grist.org

Aliza,

It's 3 in the morning in Poland and I need your help with an experiment.  Can you take 2 minutes watch an animation and help take over YouTube?

A little background: starting a week ago, a few members of the international 350.org team have converged for the annual UN Climate Conference.  It's a little crazy here--over 9,000 people representing 190 countries have gathered to negotiate our collective future.  Things are changing by the hour, and there's both bad news and good news to report.  

The bad news first: lots of countries still don't get it, and some (most notably, the EU) are using delay tactics to postpone action, squandering time that scientists say we simply do not have.

Now for the good news: over 49 of the least developed countries (that's more than a quarter of the world's nations) just announced support for a 350 target.  This is AMAZING, as last year a 350 goal wasn't even on the map.  It's testament to your hard work--and the very real threats these countries are facing right now--that we've come so far in such a short time.

More good news: there is a movement bubbling up here--scores of people are working with us, both inside and outside of the UN, to campaign for strong climate action in the face of stiff political opposition. This Saturday, we're all going to join hundreds of activists in Poland--and thousands of people around the world--for the Global Day of Action for the Climate.

You can be part of this.  The first option is to look for an action taking place near you on Saturday, December 6th.

The second option is the experiment I referred to: I need your help taking over YouTube with climate change videos, as part of a collaborative campaign with some of our partner organizations.

It's an unconventional tactic, but sometimes, simply getting people to listen and talk makes a difference--that is, if you can get the right conversation going. 

Today, we're asking you to be part of this conversation by commenting on a 90-second animation about 350.  If we can get enough comments and ratings, we can climb the YouTube charts.   With your help, we'll make YouTube all about climate change, even if just for one day.

Our video is a 90-second animation that explains 350--the science, the art, the movement--without using a single word.  I think you'll like it.  Please watch it, comment, and pass it on.

People are always talking about how we need to reach outside the choir.  YouTube is the third most popular site on the internet.  If we can make a splash there, we'll be well on our way to spreading 350 all around the world. 

So please, watch the video today and take a minute to comment on it, and help start a climate conversation.

Thanks for all you do,

Jon and the rest of the 350.org team.

P.S. We'll be reporting on the UN Meetings over the next week--check in with our blog or follow us on Twitter!

350.org is an international grassroots campaign that aims to mobilize a global climate movement united by a common call to action. By spreading an understanding of the science and a shared vision for a fair policy, we will ensure that the world creates bold and equitable solutions to the climate crisis. 350.org is an independent and not-for-profit project.

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Saturday Greenpeace Action... Biking Gang?

Hey green guerrilla gang,

The action is James Bond style of streaming photos of climate actions from around country to the halls of the UN climate convention in Poland. pretty cool to have such direct communication with Obama and UN climate negotiators. Obama generally supports climate policy, but he is not attending nor sending a delegate, so I think he needs to see that we want US to get back to the international bargaining table asap. And why not use a 50 foot banner drop to do that. Action is Saturday at noon at Crissy Field.

You can RSVP to Greenpeace -- which already has about 500 rsvps and is aiming for 1000 San Franciscans - at
 http://members.greenpeace.org/event/view/3057/.

Want to bike over there in a group?  
Drop me a line if you want to meet at 16th and Mission at 11, or if you want to be picked up somewhere near the wiggle route.

Should, at the very least, be fun to be surrounded by hundreds of people similarly concerned!!

peace n action,
aliza