Emily Boyd, Blog Assignment

Optimism: 350.org a project trying to spread the word about 350ppm and getting back to a healthy atmosphere through grassroots global social change (350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide—measured in "Parts Per Million" in our atmosphere. 350 PPM—it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.)

check out understanding 350 @ http://www.350.org/en/understanding-350

or watch a video of art depicting "350" from all over the world @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-HnrMrQ6Tw

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Warning or pessimism: Eaarth by Bill McKibben in his latest book author and environmental activist Bill McKibben breaks down exactly how humans have fundamentally altered the planet creating a new place not called planet Earth but planet Eaarth. While he is optimistic that humans can take action to slow the processes of global warming he is pessimistic in that he believes that there is no stopping or going back, humans will need to evolve in order to continue living on Earth at all and will definitely need to make drastic changes.