Environment

Once again, I encourage everyone to watch Ken Burns’ amazing documentary on the National Park service.  Even if you missed it on your local stations, you can watch the episodes online.  Visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/ for more details.

International Day of Climate Action.  Sponsored locally by the Sierra Club, there will be "350" events all over the globe on October 24th and one right here in DuPage County at Blackwell Forest Preserve.  They're called “350 events” after the level of safe parts per million of carbon dioxide identified by climate scientists.  Currently the globe is registering at 390 ppm and must get levels back to 350 ppm to avoid the worst effects of global warming.  The International Day of Climate Action is a call to global leaders to forge policies and action at the Copenhagen conference in December which will reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Blackwell Forest Preserve - Hawthorn Grove
October 24th - 1:00 pm

Participants will form the numbers 3, 5, and 0 and be photographed.  The picture will be sent to congressional leaders and policy makers.  Bring a picnic, they’ll provide music, entertainment and dessert. We've located another event in Evanston, IL to get more information visit http://www.350.org/node/3939