Greenpeace and the Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition are planning a local gathering from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday October 24, at Atlantic Dunes Park, 1600 S. Ocean Blvd., to voice action and bring attention to the growing carbon footprint by humans. Palm Beach Community College speech professor Bobette Wolesensky, Barry Silver, the co-chairman for the Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition and Delray Beach resident Jason Feldman, hope to gather 350 sign-waving local activists to shed light to world leaders that will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in December. Feldman said the number 350 is significant because 350 parts-per-million of carbon in the atmosphere is the goal for the group. He said, “We’re hovering around 390 ppm and it’s rising.” At 3:50 p.m. the group will join hands for 350 seconds.

“We’re asking people to make a poster, flag or banner that epitomizes hope or shame for climate change. Think riding a bus or a community garden for hope… Think polar bears being forced away from melting ice caps for shame,” Wolesensky said.

Wolensky is calling the get together a “flash mob.”

“We chose a part of the beach that isn’t as busy. It’s more about getting the word to our world leaders because if they don’t get it right the tipping points will be noticeable very soon,” Wolesensky said.

For more information call Bobette Wolesensky at 815-354-1641 or email at: bwolesensky@comcast.net or call Jason Feldman at 516-581-1245 or email at: j.d.feldman76@gmail.com