Next Sunday a campaign will be launched that aims toglobalize the fight against global warmingand that seeks that 10/10/10 people around the world aim to reduce 10 percent of their carbon emissions.
More than 7,000 events are planned in more than 180 countries for next October 10, chosen to celebrate theInternational Climate Solutions Day, which will come to bethe longest day of action towards carbon reduction seen in the history of the planet.
Among other initiatives, a “Bike Music Festival” and a “Walk through urban gardens” will be held in Barcelona, a solar cooking recipe contest will be held in Altea (Alicante) and Greenpeace Spain will carry out a tour of the ” Climate House “in Madrid. In the Philippine Islands students will plant thousands of mangroves in order to protect the shores from typhoons, and in Athens the organizers will participate in a Green Design Festival showing citizens the best ways to work towards climate solutions. Sumo wrestlers will take their bikes and will reach the center of Tokyo (Japan), there will be women organizing solar oven workshops in Karachi (Pakistan), and Paris and Lisbon, commit to reducing their emissions by 10% starting in 2010. People all over the world will test yourcreativity to find new climate solutionsand “they will thus challenge their leaders to lead by example,” announce the organizers.
?The10/10/10will it be remembered as the day when the world put aside its differences to come together and do everything possible to avoid the runaway of climate change? stated Franny Armstrong, founder of the 10:10 campaign, and one of the inspirers of the project. The events are coordinated by 350.org, an international climate campaign founded by American writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben.
