Making Noise For Climate Change

by Will Hastings

Should you find yourself outside this October raking leaves, or playing in them, you may here the sound of church bells ringing across the town. It may just be church getting out, but on October 25 the bells are ringing for a more important reason. The community has come together to battle climate change. On October 24 worldwide groups will be ringing bells and making noise about the number 350, potentially the most crucial number we will ever know. One of the most important steps to halting climate change is reducing carbon levels in our atmosphere from its current 390 parts per million ranges down or below 350 parts per million. In December world leaders will be meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark to create a new global treaty on cutting emissions. To help spread the word the First Congregational Church, St. Andrews Episcopal Church, St. Theresa Parish, and the Contoocook United Methodist Church will all be ringing their bells 350 times. To see what you can do to help, go to 350.org