Calendar of the New Haven Sister Cities Upcoming Events
The ongoing and programming costs to support the New Haven Sister Cities organization and its mission are derived from Board fund-raising events and activities. All of New Haven Sister Cities events' proceeds benefit the worthy causes that the board have endorsed.
Upcoming Events
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October 24, 2009 Sunday 3:00-5:00 PM | INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION León City (Nicaraguas) Committee Join with many others to send a clear message to address climate change. We’ll be creating a huge human “350” on the Green using hundreds of volunteers. DATE: Sunday October 24, 2009 3:00 - 6:00 P.M. WHERE: On the New Haven Green, New Haven, CT COST: FREE! FOR MORE INFO:: Phone Chris: 203-562-1607 On the Web, visit: For all of human history until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million of carbon dioxide. 350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. The bad news is we’re already past that number—we’re at 390 parts per million, which is why the Arctic is melting, why drought is spreading across the planet, why people are already dying from diseases like dengue fever and malaria occurring in places where they’ve never been seen before.
The good news: that number gives us a target to aim for. When the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen in December 2009 to reach agreement on a new climate treaty, we need them to go farther than they’ve planned to go: we need to make sure they’ll pay attention to the latest science and put forward a plan that gets us back to safety.
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