Moving Planet Edinburgh - Marching and Cycling for A Green Future
Take the Pledge to Move Beyond Fossil Fuels
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About The Event
Check out the photos from today's demo at:
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Thanks to everyone who showed up! :-)
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Saturday 24th September is the Global Day of Climate Action, called by the international NGO 350.org to demand solutions to the climate crisis.
This year's theme is 'Moving Planet', so it's time to take to the streets. Come on foot, on bikes, on skates, on any other human-powered tranport you can think of!
Come and be part of a global rally to demand action from world leaders. It's time to get moving on the climate crisis.
The aim of the event is to call for a sustainable energy future for a world below 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide - which is what scientists tell us is the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
350.org is all about connecting the global to the local, so in Scotland we'll be highlighting a national problem that has global implications - the four proposed unsustainable Forth Energy biomass plants: at Leith Docks, Grangemouth, Dundee, and Rosyth.
The event is supported by Biofuelwatch and Friends of the Earth Scotland.
For information on why the proposed biomass plants are environmental disasters, see: http://www.noleithbiomass.org.uk/
http://www.biofuelwatch.org.uk/uk-campaign/
Please put the date in your diary and spread the word to your friends and family.
Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205391886173808
See you there,
Edinburgh 350
http://www.350.org
http://www.moving-planet.org/events/uk/edinburgh/311
EVENT DETAILS:
Where?
Edinburgh. From City Chambers (High St/Royal Mile) to Holyrood.
When?
Saturday 24th September.
Assemble at 11:30 for 12:00 start.
Why this date?
To mark the International Day of Climate Action.
The event coincides with the ‘world car-free day’ and also aims to put pressure on our global leaders in advance of the UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa, at the end of November.