Hi John, I’m May Boeve, 350’s Executive Director.
Today marks ten years of 350, and I can hardly believe it. We started this work because we wanted to help build a powerful movement that could respond to the urgency of the climate crisis. And that’s exactly what we’ve done.
350 exists to build a global movement around the climate crisis and put an end to the era of fossil fuels once and for all. We are in every timezone across the world, organizing, mobilizing, training, and building people power for a more just and equitable world.
Just a few weeks ago, we helped bring more than 7.6 MILLION PEOPLE on the streets to demand bold climate action, in what was the biggest climate mobilization in history. The reality is, we’re building a movement that will have to keep fighting this fight for decades to come. It’s the support of community members like you that will make this possible.
10 years ago, 350 was named for “350ppm” - the safe level of carbon in our atmosphere. We’ve passed this threshold years ago. Right now, across the world, millions of us are already facing the impacts of the climate crisis. But it’s not too late to stop the worst of it.
Scientists have been very clear that we can still transform our energy system and keep global warming below 1.5 degrees - but it’s going to take a huge movement to make that happen.
350 was built by regular people like you and me on the premise that all actions of any kind, all major political decisions, start with a person — they start with someone who gets passionate about an issue and decides to do something about it. That kind of passion is what drives us in offering training and organizing support to grassroots activists. That’s what lets us confront the huge logistical challenge of massive global mobilizations like last month’s Global Climate Strike, and allows us to aid activists in hyper-local fights putting a stop to new fossil fuel projects.
In Europe, that passion and dedication of our staff and community members lets us run - and win - powerful campaigns to get public authorities, cities, colleges and museums to break their ties with the fossil fuel industry. Together, we’re confronting the coal, oil and gas corporations, and their financial backers. We go after the money. We’re on the internet and on the streets.
Will you help celebrate 10 years of 350 by chipping in to help power our campaigns?
With great thanks,
May Boeve, for the entire 350.org team
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