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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>WOW! Thanks, Ellie. Until recently climate
change has been for others with more technical background to make a top
priority. For me, building communities on an inclusive spirit foundation,
has called loudest to my heart and mind. After a really phenomenal 10 days
in Chicago helping with Accelerate 77 I see all this coming together.
(Check out the web site <A
href="http://www.accelerate77.net">www.accelerate77.net</A> ) And I
do agree with McKibben that this is a "breakthrough moment" re people's
consciousness about extreme weather. Colleagues, if you've ever had
a dream about a revitalized ICA, I think you will be pleased, or
maybe thrilled, with what is going on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Janice Ulangca</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=elliestock@aol.com href="mailto:elliestock@aol.com">Ellie Stock</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net
href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Oe List ...] McKiiben follow-up
to letter that was sent on listserve earlier: Somewhat blown away</DIV>
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Bill McKibben - 350.org <A
href="mailto:organizers@350.org">organizers@350.org</A><BR><BR>Subject:
Somewhat blown away<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Dear Friends,<BR><BR>I confess to being somewhat blown away by the
reaction to the piece I wrote for Rolling Stone last week. Despite the fact
that it was 6,000 words long and pretty technical, it has been shared almost
100,000 times —which is more than 10x as many as the interview they did with
President Obama the month before. Clearly the piece struck a nerve—probably
because its timing coincided with the heat and drought and fire that have so
unnerved the nation this summer.<BR><BR>I just wanted to thank you for taking
the time to read all 6,000 or so of those words, and for sharing it with your
friends and family. I was told by the folks at Rolling Stone that it's been
viewed 450,000 times, which is just remarkable. (If you haven't had a chance
to read it yet, here's the place to go: <A
href="http://act.350.org/go/1936?t=1&akid=2103.595393.stcKaA"
target=_blank>act.350.org/signup/reckoning</A>)<BR><BR>Monday night we had a
big video chat with folks who wanted more details and I’ve been poring over
the helpful comments that arrived by the kilobyte to <A
href="mailto:thoughts@350.org">thoughts@350.org</A>.<BR><BR>With the crazy
weather putting climate change at the top of more people’s agenda, it is clear
that we’re at one of those breakthrough moments that movements occasionally
get, and we don’t want to waste it. If you’ve read the piece, you know that it
makes clear that the fossil fuel industry already has 5 times more coal
and gas and oil on hand than even our most timid governments think would be
safe to burn—left to their own devices, they’ll usher us right past the
brink.<BR><BR>So—even as we continue to fight pipelines and coalmines and oil
wells, we need to take on that industry as a whole. We need to change the
rules. Until the election we're going to do that by pushing folks running for
office to take a stand against fossil fuel subsidies. But we also have to
start preparing for what happens after Nov. 6th.<BR><BR>I've been working on
something I wanted to let you know a bit about, and hopefully have your help
in seeing through.<BR><BR><STRONG>Starting the day after the election, I’d
like to go after the fossil fuel industry even more directly, trying—as the
Rolling Stone piece suggests—to spark a movement like the ones that overturned
the great immoral institutions of the past century, such as Apartheid in South
Africa.</STRONG> On November 7th, 350.org board member Naomi Klein and I are
planning to launch a road show that will cover 20 cities in just over 20
nights (we’re going to break for Thanksgiving) to bring the message I laid out
in Rolling Stone to thousands of people across America.<BR><BR>We'll have a
revolving cast of musicians and great speakers, to make it an inspirational
and exciting event. We're in the process of confirming venues now - but we're
going to need your help to promote these events in your community, and help
turn these ideas into a powerful campaign. If you can help us book a large
venue, know of great musicians that might want to participate, or can lend a
hand with the creative work that this will surely require, click here to let
us know how you'd like to help out: <A
href="http://act.350.org/go/1937?t=2&akid=2103.595393.stcKaA"
target=_blank>act.350.org/survey/tour-help/</A>.<BR><BR>Look, the Rolling
Stone piece was pretty grim. But the response to it shows that people
understood that our backs are to the wall and that means it’s time to fight. I
don’t know if we can win; but I’m certain that without each of you we’ve got
no chance. So thanks in advance for jumping in.<BR><BR>Bill McKibben for
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