Bike and Walk for Climate Change Action!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
10 am to noon
Join 350 families on the Chehalis-Western Trail biking and walking as a public witness for climate change action in International Climate Change Action Day. Our October 24th event in Thurston County is one of hundreds across this country and the world – our call for governmental leaders to address the global climate crisis by adopting carbon dioxide emission limits of 350 parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere.
Pump up your bike tires or lace up your sneakers and be one of 350 families on the Chehalis-Western Trail at 10 am. Participants are urged to come from all directions to the trail – south, north, east and west – riding from your homes, or parking lots near the trail’s many entry points. Our goal is to minimize car traffic and parking at any one point.
Your destination is Bush Park, a Lacey City Park along the Yelm Highway between College Street and the Chehalis Western Trail. At Bush Park, you will be entertained by the Hogwash Family Band and have an opportunity to pick up information on the climate crisis and the worldwide 350 campaign. The brief program will feature County Commissioner Sandra Romero, Bernie Meyer as Mahatma Gandhi, and voices of young people speaking for a hopeful future for this planet.
Bike and Walk for Climate Change Action is free, but we welcome your support through the purchase of an event button, available at a table in the church foyer between services.
Organizers of the October 24 event are Washington State UU Voices for Justice, OUUC’s Green Sanctuary Committee, Interfaith Works Earth Stewardship Committee, and Earth Care Catholics. Contact Carol McKinley, 786-8074 or coordinator@uuvoiceswa.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , to register, volunteer, or just learn more!
