River of Action Day with 350.org!!

October 24th was international day of action for climate awareness! Across Planet Earth, in over 160 countries and thousands of locations, concerned humans formed the number 350 to bring attention to our planet's crisis. Scientiests have determined Planet Earth cannot hold more than 350 parts per million of CO2 in its atmosphere without catastrophic consequences.

We are already at 387.

There is a conference on climate coming up in Copenhagen, Denmark, and 350.org was putting together these demonstrations so that the conference understands the humans on this planet want something done.

It was not an easy thing to create a 350 with some 130 kayaks. We were told which number we belonged to. Some folks had FRS radios to communicate. We had a guy on the Morrison Bridge with a megaphone managing us. Still, it took several tries to get us to put the "350" together, and even then, the meager current on the Willamette would screw it up. Well, we did get one photo of it off! I was wondering if it all was just an embarrassment for Portland!