International Day of Climate Action Unites Thousands of Carbon Concerned

The International Day of Climate Action, organized by the 350.org group, sought to raise awareness of climate change and those concerned about its effects on the environment. Events included mass gatherings to create giant human billboards showing the number "350", to marches across busy bridges and public spaces to make noise and draw attention to pending climate disaster.

One such 350.org event was a march across the Brooklyn bridge, which included chants about renewable energy and a speech given by the first —and possibly last— man to walk to both poles, Robert Swan. Activists, chanting for renewable energy and people power, spoke of the evils of our warming climate and the need to take action immediately.

Another 350 event was carried out by Greenpeace divers, who unfurled a banner in front of the shipwreck of their sunken ship, the Rainbow Warrior. The banner read "350 or we're all sunk," and was displayed several times for underwater video cameras in front of the activist ship that the French Intelligence Service sunk in 1985.

Some of the biggest "human billboards" happened in Sydney Australia, Providence, Rhode Island, and Portland, Oregon. Activists used everything from billboards, umbrellas, kayaks, to spell out the number "350". The Friday prior to the event, the president of the Maldives held a board meeting underwater to symbolize where his low-lying country will be if more is not taken to fight climate change.