International Day of Climate Action - eMail from Bill McKibben of 350.org

You know I get excited easily, but today I'm much more than excited. And I'm so happy. It is just fabulous to see the excitement spreads all over the world and to realize that there are so many people who care and care enough to go out and show it in the most creative way.

I thought I'll share with you the public eMail I got from Bill McKibben, Co-founder and Director of 350.org along with some pictures.
It is not too late to find your own way to support!

Subject: It's just beginning...


Friends,
I can hardly believe my eyes.
16 hours ago, citizens in New Zealand gathered before dawn next to a wind turbine on a mountaintop. As local elders said prayers to bless the global event, banners and signs were held high to to greet the planet's first rays of sunlight on this most incredible of days.

Citizens rally on the Te Henga beach in New Zealand

The Cairo Cyclist club rallies for 350 at the Great Pyramids of Egypt

Sydney speaks out!

As the sun continues across the planet we've been receiving photos and video of rallies in Ethiopia, bike rides in Wellington, SCUBA divers in Australia, organizers planting 350 trees in Thailand, hundreds of students marching in India and Nepal and Mongolia. And we're getting reports from 350.org offices around the world that the phones are ringing off the hook with calls from the media who want to cover the story.

The day is just beginning and already it's larger, more powerful, and so much more beautiful than I ever could have imagined. I've been a writer my entire life and yet words truly cannot describe what you have accomplished already. To truly grasp today, please stay tuned to our website as more and more photos come in from across the planet, and especially our evolving photo slideshow.

And the best news of all? The day has just begun!

Bill

Maldives for 350



350 Flag on Antarctica's Highest Peak



Faraya, Lebanon

P.S. Have a photo to contribute? Just send a decent-quality picture to photos@350.org and make the subject "City, Country" and make sure that the body of the e-mail contains a description of the photo, any necessary photographer credits, and any other information you think we'll need. So many thanks.

350 Bicycle Ride in Mumbai



"We are for 350" - Kazakhstan, Almaty

If you've missed the sideshow link on Bill's eMail, here it is again.
Believe me, you don't want to miss this one. Great, great photos of great people from all around the world.