350- Tiger

What do tigers and thousands of school children in India have in common? They can both roar extremely loudly, and they both need desparately for the world to get back below 350 ppm CO2. 

Yesterday over 1,000 school kids from across Delhi, India, braved sitting (or lying) in completely drenched grass and under a hot, hot sun for an hour to form a giant Tiger-350 aerial image with their bodies. Photographers and media climbed up on top of Teen Murti Bhavan, the home of Jawaharla Nehru, the first prime minister of India -- not quite as tall as the crane that was intended to be there, but enough for a beautiful image and call to action for sure... (time lapse video below)

Image and video credit: Spectral Q / Shiv Ahuja

And the image wasn't the entire festivity for the day. Organized in collaboration with our good friends at Kids for Tigers, Delhi Greens, the Indian Youth Climate Network, and Spectral Q, the school children and a fun-filled morning of face-painiting, art and poster-making -- all as part of an effort to send a powerful message to Indian an world leaders: we need interenational action to get the world back below 350 ppm CO2, protecting tigers, the forrests in which they live, and humanity. 

And some of those same leaders they wished to influence were just inside at the same venue attending the 5th National Bengal Tiger Consultation organized by Santuary Asia and The Wildife Conservation Trust.

Giant Tiger-350 aerial art image in Delhi

The Indian Youth Climate Network, Delhi Greens, Sanctuary Asia, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, The Shri Ram School, The Climate Project-India, Nature First, Green India States Trust (GIST), Center for Social Markets, Wildlife Conversation Trust, Bengal Tiger Campaign, National Tiger Conservation Authority, and 350.org, are all coming together for a Rally and a Tiger Consultation - of what is perhaps the LAST CALL FOR SAVING THE TIGER AND HUMANITY.

Please join us on 28 July for a historic aerial art demonstration for tigers, 350, and action on climate change. And be inspired by visiting speaker, Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org.

We are coming together for a demonstration demanding the Right of the Tiger to Live, taking action to protect tiger and forest habitats, and tackle the climate crisis setting the world on course to 350 ppm CO2, the safe upper limit of CO2 in the atmosphere. Some 3,000 school children from across Delhi and the NCR are joining us in the call to action, forming a giant Tiger-350 aerial art image.

The Tiger Consultation will take place in Teen Murti Bhavan and will include among others the Union Environment Minister, all tiger experts in the country, Dr. Karan Singh and a series of eminent personalities from the country.

We invite all of you to come to Teen Murti Bhavan on the 28th of July at 09:30 to demand justice for the tigers, humanity, and all generations to come. You will be able to take part in the first giant human-tiger image ever in India, sending a huge, beautiful call to action to Indian and world leaders.

And from 18:00 to 19:30 we invite you to join 350.org co-founder and US author and environmental visionary, Bill McKibben, speaking on building a global movement to fight climate change and get the world back below 350 ppm CO2. Bill McKibben wrote the first book on climate change for a public audience, The End of Nature, in 1989 and has been a visionary in the movement for technological, social, and political action to address the climate crisis. Please join us, be inspired, and join the movement!

Date - 28th July 2009
Time - 8 am - 11 am
Place - Teen Murti Bawan, New Delhi

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