What's next

Calistoga 350 Committee invites you to join us; find a role, and let's help each other reach 350 ppm!

Let's meet for tea, java and action:

Thursdays at Yo el Ray Roastery, Washington Avenue, at 7 p.m.

Oct 29, featuring YOU and Calistoga 350 in a meet-and-greet for action

Nov 5, featuring Eric Lundquist, Calistoga's Climate Action Coordinator

Nov 12, featuring Karen Chang, Chair, Community Resources Commission

Calistoga's web-site describes the roles of Mr. Lundquist and Ms. Chang and our city's approach to climate change:

In 2007, Erik V. Lundquist was staffed as the City's Climate Action Coordinator to, with the help of the Community Resources Commission (CRC), create a comprehensive program to address climate disruption.

While the City is committed to addressing its local contributions to climate change, City initiated actions alone will not meet our community wide reduction goals.

Successful Green House Gas reduction strategies must include participation from the residents and businesses of Calistoga as well as the municipality.

Let us JOIN the efforts of our city officials to reduce carbon levels below 3...5...0!

Joining Hands for Climate Action!

Joining hands, nearly 100 people took a stand against climate change in Calistoga on Saturday in the first International Day of Climate Action. Please see the picture in the Blog Archive post titled "Calistogans stand with millions..."

Furthering their stand against climate change, more than three dozen people joined the new citizens group, Calistoga 350, the group behind today's local action.

Calsitoga 350 formed in early October in order to support the international efforts of 350.org, the main organizing group behind today's actions. Millions of people rallied in more than 180 countries spanning the globe today.

Stay tuned to this site for more breaking news on our efforts to build a sustainable community and planet!

Calistogans stand with millions around the earth for climate action

YOU are Invited!

International Climate Action Photo Opportunity

Saturday October 24, 2009

Calistoga Farmers Market

10:00 a.m.

Come all citizens to take your STAND in our photo

to be uplinked to the international gallery at

350.org

Bring friends, family, neighbors, and others!

Sound the Alarm

Church bells will ring in Calistoga on Saturday, October 24th, from 11:00 a.m. to about noon. Bellringers at Community Presbyterian Church of Calistoga, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, and Saint Simeon Russian Orthodox Church will each ring their bells 350 times, to sound the alarm about our need to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. They join churches from across the country who have been sounding the alarm over the past months, expressing their concern about our impact on the environment and the effect it will have on future generations.

October 24th is International Climate Action Day, organized by 350.org, a grassroots organization working to reduce levels of carbon in the atmosphere back to 350 parts per million (ppm), a number at which the earth can sustain a healthy environment.

What is Calistoga 350?

Welcome to the blog of Calistoga 350!

We are part of a global effort to educate and activate people about climate change. October 24 has been designated as Global Day of Climate Action by the international organization 350.org, and our initial activities begin on that Saturday.

Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy and NY Times writer, established 350.org to build on the mounting scientific evidence of climate change. When McKibben spoke in Santa Rosa, California, on Oct 2, 2009, he called for people to rise to the challenge posed by this evidence; that a people powered movement is necessary to create the political will to tackle climate change.

The number 350 refers to the sustainable level of carbon in the atmosphere, in parts per million (ppm). Currently, there are 390 ppm, which means we must reduce carbon emissions. Now. If we do not, then life as we know it will be dramatically altered and future generations will suffer the consequences (see 350.org for more information).

Guess what?

That is what we are doing in Calistoga!

Welcome!