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Chapters: 350.org, Environmental Law Institute, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 350.org is an international environmental organization, headed by author Bill McKibben, with the goal of building a global grassroots movement to cut carbon dioxide emissions and prevent runaway climate change. 350.org takes its name from the research of NASA scientist James E. Hansen, who posited in a 2007 paper that 350 parts-per-million (ppm) of CO2 in the atmosphere is a safe upper limit to avoid a climate tipping point. The current record level is 389 ppm of CO2, an almost 40-percent increase from the pre-industrial revolution level of 278 ppm. In 1988 the Earth's atmosphere surpassed the 350 ppm mark, while global CO2 emissions per capita rose. The group reports that they organised the world's "most widespread day of political action" on Saturday October 24, 2009, reporting 5245 actions in 181 countries. 350.org-organised activity draws attention to the 350ppm goalThe organization was founded by author Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the need for more localised economies. McKibben promotes the organisation, for instance by writing articles about it for many major newspapers and media, such the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian. The organising effort drew its name from climate scientist James Hansen's contention in winter 2008 that any atmospheric concentration of CO2 above 350 parts per million was unsafe. James Hansen opined that "if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change sug...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=23450595 ... Read more