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An amazing event is taking place this month called 350Earth.  Art installations are to be erected around the globe on the eve of the United Nations climate meetings on November 20th.   This is an unprecedented event that is aimed at drawing attention the world's ever increasing climate issues and a one-of-a-kind art exhibit that will be seen from space.

This November 20-28, 350 EARTH will launch the world’s first ever global climate art project. In over a dozen places across the globe, citizens and artists will create massive public art installations to show how climate change is already impacting our world as well as offer visions of how we can solve the crisis. Each art installation will be large enough to be seen from space and documented by satellites generously provided by DigitalGlobe.

350 EARTH will be the first-ever global scale group show on the front line of climate change—our polluted cities, endangered forests, melting glaciers, and sinking coastlines. People around the world are invited to take part by attending signature events, submitting their own art, and spreading the word about the project.

350 EARTH will take place on the eve of the next United Nations climate meetings in Cancun, Mexico where delegates will work to create an international climate treaty. Our politicians have all the facts, figures, and graphs they need to solve the climate crisis. What they lack is the will. 350 EARTH will demonstrate the massive public support for bold climate action and the role that art can play in inspiring humanity to take on our greatest challenge: protecting the planet on which we live.

For more information and to spread the word about the upcoming event, please visit www.earth.350.org

What does 350 mean to the earth?  Find out here.

[via: www.earth.350.org and www.npr.org]