Join 1Sky and Emerge Miami for the October 24th Global Day of Action on Climate Change

Hello Emergers,

Join 1Sky, Repower America and Emerge Miami in taking action on climate change this week- over 4,000 rallies happening across the world on Saturday! Join ours in Miami, and help make fun artsy things this Thursday at our meeting.

Awesome Activist Thursdays- Join 1Sky and Repower America at 7 PM at the Wallflower Art Gallery (at 10 NE 3^rd St in downtown Miami) on Thursday evenings to make costumes and bike fixings we can sport at the Oct 24^th event, and to continue taking actions that urge our senators to pass the climate and energy bill!

Saturday, Oct 24^th: Join 1Sky, Repower America, and Emerge Miami’s Critical Mass for a global day of action on climate change!

What: A bike rally to urge Florida senators to act on the climate bill!

When and Where: Sat, Oct 24^th, we will meet at 11:15 AM at Vizcaya Metro Station, to cycle the main event where Ocean Watch, a group of researchers sailing around the world, will educate us about effects of climate change they have observed. Hosted by the University of Miami (details on back).

Once at the event:

Please be sure to visit the 1Sky/ Repower America table to call senators on the spot and to sign the petition and tell your senators you want to see them pass a strong climate and energy bill!

At 2 PM, join into the large human photo opp by the drum circle, in which we will arrange ourselves into a formation of the number “350” –the number that citizens worldwide will be publicizing on this day- to tell our leaders we need to reduce our greenhouse gases to 350 carbon parts per million.

What to bring: your bike, a drum if you have one, sunscreen, water, and a smile!

Contact: Andrea Cuccaro, 1Sky Florida Organizer, 786-925-1151

Ongoing action opportunities

Call your senators: visit www.1sky.org/call for senators’ phone numbers and talking points about how they can strengthen and pass the climate and energy bill!

Join Emerge Miami’s Critical Mass bike ride every second Saturday: http://criticalmass.meetup.com/40/

Critical Mass: Pics & Videos are up

Thanks to everybody who came out to Critical mass last Saturday, as we celebrated Adam’s birthday in Peacock Park. Check out the pictures over at our Meetup page!

The piñata-bashing festivities

Next up’s a hyper, fast-forward montage of the first half of the ride, courtesy of Rydel High & the Miami Bike Scene blog:

Emerge Miami / Meetup Critical Mass from rydel high on Vimeo.

Finally, this video is a series of clips from September’s Bike Miami Ride, thanks to Debbie D for putting it together! The full story can be found over at the Youth Noise blog.

We look forward to seeing you all at the MASSIVE 1Sky, Repower America, & Emerge Miami hosted Day Of Action on October 24th. Join us at Vizcaya Metrorail station for our bike rally to urge senators to take action on the climate bill. More details soon!

Bicycle Master Plan passes!

Hi everyone,

I want to let you know that the city of Miami Bicycle Master Plan has  gone to commission and has passed. The plan which you can read is available at www.miamigov.com/bikes
I’m very proud that we were able to get this plan passed. It is an ambitious 20 year bike plan that provides over 285 miles of bike facilities. It also deals with parking, education, enforcement, and evaluation.

Thank you all for coming out to our summits and providing good input.

–Collin