Sunday in Manhattan
The HUMAN COUNTDOWN: A Climate Wake Up Call
Join thousands in Central Park on Sunday Sept 20th for a massive flash mob and photo opp calling for climate action.
Sign up to join the action! http://bit.ly/cfmQR
Oxfam America has teamed up with renowned choreographer Christopher Caines, as well as US Climate Action Network, Greenpeace, Energy Action Coalition, 1Sky, 350.org, AVAAZ, NYPIRG, World Wildlife Federation, SustainUS, Realizing Rights and other TckTckTck campaign partners to create an enormous participatory aerial art piece.
On the eve of the UN Climate Summit, thousands of people will form the shape of a giant earth moving through a human hourglass sculpture. Think half-time show meets Spencer Tunick meets Earth Day rally. Not since Christo’s Gates installation has Central Park hosted a spectacle of this scale.
As world leaders and the international media descend on New York, we’ll use our bodies to send a bold visual message that time is running out. It’s a race against the clock: we need a fair, ambitious and binding global climate treaty before it’s too late!
LOGISTICS
9am – “Earthlings” registration and rehearsal
1pm – Hourglass registration and rehearsal
3-4pm – Rally and run-through
Important volunteer info: http://www.oxfamamerica.org/campaigns/climate-change/human-countdown/#important-information
Register to Participate! http://bit.ly/cfmQR
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Climate change is happening right now. While least responsible for causing climate change, the world’s poorest bear the brunt of the impacts.
The Human Countdown event is a curtain-raiser for a week of action around climate change. Organized by the TckTckTck Campaign, the United Nations, the UN Foundation, the City of New York, The Climate Group and the Carbon Disclosure Project, Climate Week NYC is a program of more than 50 city-wide events from September 18-25, 2009. From large scale public gatherings to smaller policy focused initiatives, Climate Week NYC will demonstrate massive support for an ambitious, fair and binding international climate change treaty.
http://www.oxfamamerica.org/campaigns/climate-change
http://climateweeknyc.org
