Moving Planet: 90 seconds of inspiration

Sept. 24: A day of climate action to move beyond fossil fuels

Guest post by Chaitanya Kumar
350.org

Take a look at the video above. You probably know that people around the world are getting ready for Moving Planet, the big, bold, beautiful day of climate action that’s happening this Sept. 24. But chances are, there are some people in your network who don’t yet know about the big day.

This video lays out an inspiring vision that can help spread the movement far and wide: Take 90 seconds to watch it, and then share it with everyone you know.

On Sept. 24, we’ll come together in every nation on earth to show that we’re moving the planet beyond fossil fuels. The diversity of events will be remarkable: People are planning marches large and small, bike parades that deliver petitions demanding a clean energy future, and even a kite-powered protest on the beach.

Here in India where I live, hundreds of young people will get on their bikes and encircle a big coal-fired power plant — and call for green jobs that can put our country on a path of clean development and lift millions of people out of poverty. We’re also seizing on a cool idea that has come out of our global network: making giant arrow-shaped banners to point in the direction that we want to move in (away from coal!) and display our goals for a clean energy future. We hope to see similar arrows all across the planet, pointing away from fossil fuels and toward the solutions we need to get back to 350 parts per million.

I’m also making sure that we take at least one iconic photo of our event in India to upload to the Moving Planet website when our event is over. 350.org organizers in New York City will be delivering photos from the Moving Planet events directly to world leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly — and displaying them on screens near the meeting. Together, we can show decision makers that it’s time to get out of neutral and start moving quickly towards a clean energy future.

We need a massive movement to build a sustainable world

We won’t just demonstrate that another world is possible — we’ll show that we’re already building it from the ground up. It’s a world based on bikes, not cars. It’s a world based on renewable energy, not tar sands oil. Most of all, it’s a world that cares more about the rights of people and the health of our planet than the profits of polluters.

To create this world, we’ll need a massive movement — and that movement will be built by people like you.

Take a minute to watch the video and pass it on to everyone you know, through Twitter, Facebook and your blog.

From India to Indiana to Indonesia, we’ll move the planet away from fossil fuels.

Let’s go.