On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
The COVID-19 Death Toll exceeds 150,000
The Great Lock-down crashes the World Economy
We Demand a Just Recovery: Build Back a Sustainable World
Fifty years ago a mass movement began. We didn’t know what #ExxonKnew, but we knew that chemical emissions, plastic and poisons were destroying the air, land and water.
We now know that those most responsible for the carbon emissions heating the planet to a level of mass extinction are the fossil fuel industry and their investors, Chase, BlackRock and the top US banks.
As we can join globally to flatten the curve on COVID-19, we can flatten the curve on carbon emissions, which threaten all of human civilization. As we build back from this economic crisis we must support those that have been hurt the worst, ditch the fossil fuel profiteers and invest in the growth industries of wind and solar. Demand a #JustRecovery.
Confined to our homes, we will not be silent. This Earth Day will be a global 72-hour social media frenzy, a ringing collection of action, music, interviews, activists, celebrities, and thought leaders led by youth and frontline communities.
We need your support to make it successful: to seize this moment, shout it out on social media, and tell everyone in our lives: the global climate crisis will only be solved when everyone, everywhere, takes a stand. Get started at https://www.earthweeknyc.com/.
@350Brooklyn: Your home on social media
Tune in and connect with 350Brooklyn on the socials for news, updates, and Earth Week content during this week of action and beyond.
Join the Conversation
We want to hear from you this Earth Week! Please share your art, stories, thoughts and images and tag them to join the conversation:
#ClimateStrike
#EarthDayLive
#EarthWeekNYC
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#JustRecovery
#PeopleNotPolluters
#StopTheMoneyPipeline
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Take Action this Earth Week
Join us for a full week of action and celebration starting Sunday, 4/19:
Virtual March for Science
Sunday, April 19
4:00 PM – 10:00 PM Eastern Time
For the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Earth Day Initiative and March for Science NYC will demonstrate what we can do to empower one another and connect with people around the world to make positive steps forward, even when circumstances on the ground make it difficult to be with each other in person.
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Lander calls on City Council to end Wall Street’s Financing of Climate Destruction
Monday, April 20
12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Bill McKibben, Councilmember Brad Lander, New York Communities for Change and other local climate justice advocates for a virtual press conference calling on New York City to join the campaign to end Wall Street’s financing of the fossil fuel industry.
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The press conference will also be livestreamed on Facebook.
Post and tweet your home-made signs, posters, and art on social media, tagging @NYGovCuomo @SenSchumer @SenGillibrand @SpeakerPelosi and demanding they take action to ensure a sustainable and equitable future. Help us disrupt their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages and flood New York’s newsfeeds — our collective voices will not be ignored! Let’s mark Earth Day 50 as a turning point for our city! Strike with us and show that even in the face of this terrible pandemic we will keep fighting for our future!
Today, April 23rd we demand that J.P. Morgan Chase and Blackrock, two of the biggest Wall Street supporters of climate destruction, divest from fossil fuels and deforestation. The action will be featured, via a digital livestream for anyone to join and participate.
Post and tweet your photo with signs, posters, and art on social media sharing what you think about Chase, BlackRock, Welles Fargo and Liberty Mutual financing climate destruction, and promoting alternative options like Amalgamated Bank, Credit Unions, Aspiration Bank and other great points in the media kit. Check out our Instagram stories for ideas. Make a phone video of you cutting up your Chase or other bank cards. Have questions or need help? Contact [email protected].
#StoptheMoneyPipeline, #DefundClimateChange, #CuttheChase, #jamiedimon, @BlackRock #CarenotDividends
Register to Vote
Today we will grow our base of climate voters and build for the future! Join EarthWeekNYC’s digital teach-ins on the history of the climate movement, the impact of the climate crisis on NYC, and ways to expand your climate advocacy. Plus1Vote will host online voter registration and census outreach and we will be holding an online lobby to contact our Mayor and other local elected officials directly so we can deliver our demands for a livable future. We must ACT on Climate justice at all levels!
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Contact the Mayor and demand Passage of the Renewable Rikers Act
Mayor de Blasio, we demand action on the Renewable Rikers Act! These 3 bills would transfer Rikers Island out of the control of the Department of Corrections and launch planning for a visionary Solar Farm and modern Wastewater treatment plant on the Island! The Act provides for the infrastructure and leadership the city so desperately needs NOW, helping to end the blight of the Rikers Penal Colony, close peaker plants and reduce levels of chronic emissions-related heart and respiratory issues!
Contact Mayor de Blasio Now
DSA Ecosocialists: A Planet to Win
Sunday, April 26
8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
DSA’s Ecosocialist Working Group invites you to a mass call with Thea Riofrancos, Daniel Aldana Cohen, and Alyssa Battistoni, the authors of “A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal,” in conversation with Sydney Ghazarian, member of DSA’s Green New Deal campaign committee and founding member of the national DSA Ecosocialist Working Group.
Register Here
Other Upcoming Actions
350Brooklyn Webinar Special: Heat Pumps for Small Buildings
Tuesday, May 5
Details to come
Save energy, save money and save the planet! With money from NYS and the support of the Brooklyn Borough President, Heat/Cool Smart Brooklyn is offering help to owners of small buildings in adopting heat pumps. Join in to learn more!
Next General Meeting: The COVID-19 and Climate Crisis Connection
Thursday, May 14
7:30 PM
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