CLIMATE IMPACTS DAY @ Clean Salem Green Salem

CLIMATE IMPACTS DAY S.S.U. @ CLEAN SALEM GREEN SALEM
Calling all S.S.U. STUDENTS!! Want to have fun, spread awareness and be part of a GLOBAL MOVEMENT?"The Invitation [from 350.org]

Dear Friends,

Across the planet now we see ever more flood, ever more drought, ever more storms. People are dying, communities are being wrecked — the impacts we’re already witnessing from climate change are unlike anything we have seen before.

But because the globe is so big, it’s hard for most people to see that it’s all connected. That’s why, on May 5, we will Connect the Dots.

In places from drought-stricken Mongolia to flood-stricken Thailand, from fire-ravaged Australia to Himalayan communities threatened by glacial melt, we will hold rallies reminding everyone what has happened in our neighborhoods. And at each of those rallies, from Kenya to Canada, from Vietnam to Vermont, someone will be holding a…dot. A huge black dot on a white banner, a “dot” of people holding hands, encircling a field where crops have dried up, a dot made of fabric and the picture taken from above — you get the idea. We’ll share those images the world around, to put a human face on climate change–we’ll hold up a mirror to the planet and force people to come face to face with the ravages of climate change."

This is your fellow S.S.U. Student Erin Burke, and I am passionate about spreading the awareness of climate change! I know that we are all an amazing community here at Salem State and I love bringing the city and us together! This is one way to bring these two goals into one! If you like to bike, feel passionate or interested about the environment, like to hang out with great people, or what ever else you love, come and share that passion with us TOMORROW, MAY 5TH!  
 

HERE IS THE PLAN:
10:00am -->

meet at the bike rack by campus police on Central Campus -students will sign out a bike if needed! -We will get to talk and hang out and get excited, share knowledge etc. =]

10:30  WE RIDE!! Down to the commons we go to join the fun! There will be: clothing swap, rigid plastic recycling, music, art installations and more!

11:30 we create the dots!! 

12:30  we all take a awesome picture with our dots! This picture will be sent to 350.org to become one of the thousands of pictures in the global mosaic of others who participated in events supporting climate awareness around the world!! 

1:00 thank you, thoughts, and peace out! 

A NOTE ABOUT BIKES:S.S.U. Students should meet at 10:00am on campus at the bike rack by campus police on central campus. The students are asked to ride their bikes to this spot if at all possible!! If they can't or do not have a bike to ride or borrow, then they can meet us there and then ride down to the common on one of the FREE TO RENT Salem Spins bikes!!

WEAR/BRING A HELMET!

ALSO, BRING A WATER BOTTLE

Thanks and hope to see you there!