Climate Week is Here Folks! Yes, yes..Climate Week is herrrrrrrrrre (September 21-27th, 2020) and The theme is “For New York…For the World.” Unfortunately, there will not be a Climate Summit at the UN this year as the headquarters is still currently closed to the public. Climate Week NYC will be virtually broadcast for all to attend. Join with me and G.L.O.W. this week as we engage with others about the most important issue on our earthly agenda.
To kick off the most massive week dedicated to climate awareness, a climate clock has been installed in Union Square. "A climate clock?" You ask! Yes! The concept behind the clock was created by artists, Andrew Boyd and Gan Golan. According to Boyd and Golan, there are 7 years, 102 days 12 hours and 6 minutes until the earth’s carbon budget is fully depleted, pushing society into a severe and final stage of the crisis. This number depicts the deadline portion of the clock.
The second figure of the clock is in green and it depicts the lifeline by tracking the percentage of available energy being supplied by renewable sources.
The clock depicts a sense of urgency in helping people understand that global warming will become much worse if people do not take necessary actions. Clocks are always a good way to get an urgent message across because time is of always of the essence.
Once time runs out, there’s no telling what will happen to the earth when it does. Of course, this thought can be applied to various situations or scenarios. There will be no shortage of inextinguishable wildfires, turmoil, flooding and the like when the deadline arrives!
The deadline for the clock was reached from evidence and calculations by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change.
The message that Climate Clock gives us is EXTREMELY loud and clear: We must limit our carbon emissions before the EARTH'S breaking point becomes a reality!
The artists’ team first created a mobile climate clock for Greta Thunberg. They used materials such as a raspberry pi circuit board, RGB LED matrix, a wooden encasing and scientific methodology to put it together. Currently, the climate clock is an open source project and the artists are encouraging others to make their own. A climate clock was put on display in Berlin in 2019 and the artists has plans to install one in Paris in 2021.
It is unknown if Climate Clock NYC will be on display indefinitely, so if you’re in the area, stop by!
View a video presentation about Climate Clock:
To learn how to make your own personal climate change clock visit:
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