Where We Live: Climate Change, One "Work Party" At A Time

This year, a Pew Research study found out something that environmental advocates didn’t want to hear: Global warming is way down the list of subjects Americans are concerned about right now. 

But author and activist Bill McKibben doesn’t want to hear it.  He’s organized what he calls a “Global Work Party” on 10/10/10 – that’s this Sunday - to celebrate solutions to climate change. 

McKibben wrote one of the first books on global warming, and he’s focusing his attention now on this work party project, and his website 350.org, which brings together a global discussion about the issue.

Why 350?  Well, it’s the magic number – 350  parts per million of carbon dioxide.  If we can't get below that, scientists say, the damage we're already seeing from global warming will continue and accelerate. Right now, we’re at something like 390.

Today where we live, we’ll hear from McKibben, as well as Yale environmental scientist Dan Esty – and from local organizers of events this weekend.

Are you taking part?  Where is climate change on your list of concerns?