Where does 350.org fit into the global climate movement?
BM: [The movement] is broader and more diverse than it has been, but it’s still nowhere near big enough. The environmental movement that we had five, 10 years ago was scaled to fight much smaller battles than this one. It was scaled to protect national parks or save particular endangered species — not scaled to take on the most fundamental part of our economy. We shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking we have a movement large enough to do what needs to be done. We have to do a lot of organizing. And that’s what 350 is all about. It’s a real attempt to reach people who have never been involved with this before. For example, we’re doing lots of work with churches and lots of work in the developing world. That’s where I’m happiest with our progress so far -– in India and in parts of Africa, Indonesia and Malaysia. And we’re doing lots of work with young people. The environmental movement, as Americans think about it, had become very grey, and had aged quite significantly. It was still la
