Parents, Grand-Parents, Teachers,
and Families-- Please join us for this historic moment. by Kate Finneran
Without action, climate change
will affect our families in some pretty extreme ways.
1. Health: The
overall health effects of a changing climate are likely to be overwhelmingly
negative. Climate change affects the basic needs for good health- clean air,
safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. A few of the already
known impacts may enhance the spread of some diseases.
Insect-borne illnesses are spreading, and asthma and allergy season are
getting longer. Also children’s lungs are more vulnerable to the smog that is
caused by higher temperatures.
3. Places we love to play and the
animals we love: Climate changes and its impacts affect nature in
a variety of ways. A changing climate is likely to worsen many of the threats
to forests, such as pest outbreaks, fires, and drought. Coasts are sensitive to
sea level rise, changes in frequency and intensity of storms, increases in
precipitation, and warmer ocean temperatures. The oceans absorb CO2 leading to acidification. Rising acidity means an inhabitable ocean for
the creatures that live in it.
4. Immediately after the the People’s
Climate March on September 21st, world leaders are coming to New York City
for a special summit on the climate crisis. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is
urging governments to support an ambitious global agreement to dramatically reduce
global warming pollution-- and we need to support that call with our voices,
our feet, and our presence on September 21st.
We are inviting fellow parents
and families to stand up for the health and well being of our kids and
communities. We’ll join together in an historic march to call on world leaders
to take bold, global action on climate and clean energy.
Our goal is to organize tens of
thousands of kids, parents, and families to join this peaceful call for global
climate solutions. Parents and Grandparents-- Grab the stroller or scooter, and
bring your kids! Kids-- bring your parents! Help push our global leaders to
build the world our kids to build the world our kids deserve-- one that is
powered by energy that is kid safe and climate safe, where our air and water is
clean, and where our communities are healthy.
Here’s how you can get more
involved:
Teachers! Download
our Teachers Toolkit, complete with curriculum based upon Next Generation
Science Standards, with a goal of increased climate
literacy leading up to the march. Download yours today, or send
to an educator you know! www.PeoplesClimate.org/Schools
Parents! Sign up
to be the School Captain and enter to win $5,000 for your school.
Sign up at PeoplesClimate.org/Schools
Logistics:
The People’s Climate March is on
Sunday, September 21st.
11:30 am at Columbus Circle, there will be a
designated Parents, Kids, and Families block.
Kids-- want to save the world?
Dress like superheroes and animals!
Question:
Feel free to contact Kate
Finneran, March Organizer at Kate@avaaz.org
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