Earthlover
10-14-2009, 02:32 PM
24 OCTOBER 2009
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Local residents are being invited to participate in the October 24 International Day of Climate Action events in Eureka Springs that will begin with a 10 a.m. bicycle event, the Mountain Street Challenge.
Most people can barely walk up the steep Mountain Street, let alone ride a bicycle up it. The bike ride up Mountain Street from Main to the top is symbolic of the climate mountain ahead of us and the changes that need to be made to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Prizes such as energy efficient LED light bulbs will be given to participants who make it to the top without putting a foot down.
Then at 11 a.m. bicyclists are invited to meet at the Courthouse where ten riders will each ride 35 laps about the Courthouse for a total of 350 laps. The 350 refers to 350 ppm of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—which scientists say is the upper safe limit. Two years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million.
The local climate protection group Planet Home will have presentations and a booth at Basin Park Saturday afternoon, followed by a potluck and premier of a video highlighting what the Eureka Springs is doing to conserve energy and protect the environment that will be held at 7 p.m. at the Enthios Art Venue on Greenwood Hollow Road. For more info see www.350eureka.org or call Jerry Landrum at 253-6969.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION
Local residents are being invited to participate in the October 24 International Day of Climate Action events in Eureka Springs that will begin with a 10 a.m. bicycle event, the Mountain Street Challenge.
Most people can barely walk up the steep Mountain Street, let alone ride a bicycle up it. The bike ride up Mountain Street from Main to the top is symbolic of the climate mountain ahead of us and the changes that need to be made to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Prizes such as energy efficient LED light bulbs will be given to participants who make it to the top without putting a foot down.
Then at 11 a.m. bicyclists are invited to meet at the Courthouse where ten riders will each ride 35 laps about the Courthouse for a total of 350 laps. The 350 refers to 350 ppm of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—which scientists say is the upper safe limit. Two years ago, after leading climatologists observed rapid ice melt in the Arctic and other frightening signs of climate change, they issued a series of studies showing that the planet faced both human and natural disaster if atmospheric concentrations of CO2 remained above 350 parts per million.
The local climate protection group Planet Home will have presentations and a booth at Basin Park Saturday afternoon, followed by a potluck and premier of a video highlighting what the Eureka Springs is doing to conserve energy and protect the environment that will be held at 7 p.m. at the Enthios Art Venue on Greenwood Hollow Road. For more info see www.350eureka.org or call Jerry Landrum at 253-6969.