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Project 350

The San Francisco Nonprofit Technology Center is proud to count Project 350 as one of our resident organizations. They work to unite a climate change movement around a common call to action. The Project 350 team met when they were attending Middlebury College in Vermont, where they cut their teeth on such projects as MiddShift and Step It Up 2007,and have now relocated to establish a San Francisco office.

Project 350 joined the Nonprofit Tech Center in April of 2008. Team member May Boeve says that, “the community here is excellent: young, fresh, hip to the latest trends, and casual”, and as they work closely with DemocracyInAction “there is added value to (being able to) walk down the hall to ask Kip or David a question. We knew we couldn't find (that combination) in any ol' office”. The laid-back nature of the Technology Center appeals to the team's need to stay sane in the face of their very serious work.

The science is clear: global warming is happening faster than ever and humans are responsible. Global warming is caused by releasing what are called greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The most common greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide. Many of the activities we do every day, such as turning on lights, cooking food, or heating or cooling our homes, rely on energy sources such as coal and oil that emit carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases when combusted. Global warming destabilizes the delicate balance that makes life on this planet possible; just a few degrees increase in temperature can completely change the world as we know it, and such change threatens the lives of millions of people around the globe.

350 is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide, as measured in "Parts Per Million" (PPM) in our atmosphere. 350 PPM--it's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.

Project 350's website is a rich information source on climate change, with video links, resources and contact information for all their partners. It's a great site with engaging content that should inspire you to give a second and third thought to your impact, and the impact of society, on our already burdened atmosphere.