Sept. 20th - The United Nations building in New York City was lit up with powerful projections of environmental impacts from all over the world Saturday night. 125 World leaders are planning to attend the climate leadership summit at the U.N. on Tuesday — more than at any previous climate summit or negotiation. And UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has recognized the value of Sundays Peoples Climate March and said he will also march with the people. 26 city blocks are being blocked off for this march just to lineup. 500: Buses coming from across the country. Lined up end to end that’s more than twice the width of Manhattan at its widest point – and the buses alone are carrying more than 25,000 people to the march. Many others have been in NYC, some preparing for weeks in advance. 2,100 other People’s Climate March events taking place this weekend in over 160 countries around the world — this is part of something truly global. Other Peoples Climate March numbers... Methane is 86X more potent greenhouse gas than CO2 of 20 years, and 32X more potent than CO2 over 100 years. 10,000: The number of parents and their kids joining the march (some of the kids will be wearing climate justice superhero capes) 1,500: Partner organizations officially supporting the march — and it’s still growing! 1,000: Artists who have been hard at work for months making absolutely stunning materials for the march using more than 100 gallons of paint, 350 yards of posterboard, 13 parachutes, and miles of cardboard tubes (because no one is allowed to use wood in the march – NYPD rules). 1,000: An estimate of how many New Yorkers also helped spread the word around the city – handing out fliers and posters everywhere. 362: The number of college campuses where students are organizing to turn out for this march in huge numbers. Young people will not accept a future ravaged by climate change. 300: The length in feet of a single banner in the march. It might just be the biggest climate banner ever (at least that I’ve seen – you can find it in the “We Know Who’s Responsible” theme). 82: The expected temperature on Sunday. That’s beautiful weather to make history. 38: The number of religious denominations that will be marching 29: The number of marching bands that will be making sure this march has a beat. And that’s not counting the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 3 bagpipers. 1: Planets we have. Which means we also only have one shot to get this right. The Peoples Climate March website - peoplesclimate.org PCM by the numbers peoplesclimate.org/21-numbers-that-show-how-the-peoples-climate-march-will-be-a-great-moment-for-humanity/
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 04:39:57 +0000