How Do We Get to 350? Written by Joe Reilly and Jeannine Palms Song Lyrics and Credits Follow: How do we get to 350? Lets get together and see It starts with you and it starts with me This is how we get to 350! This is how we get to 350! This how we get there! Our earth is home to many people over 6 billion Our sky holds carbon almost 400 Parts per million That’s too high of an atmospheric concentration Lets take a look at a simple math equation We need to bring it down to at least 350 If we bring it lower that would be nifty But if this much carbon stays in our atmosphere Human civilization might disappear We don’t have to be frozen in our fear We have everything we need to change right here! How do we get to 350? Lets get together and see It starts with you and it starts with me This is how we get to 350! This is how we get to 350! This how we get there! We can take collective climate action by reducing, reusing its just subtraction How can 390 become 350? I’m asking all the people in the cities The suburbs, the reservations, and the small towns Lets start with our own two feet on the ground We can walk instead of drive to where we need to be We can plant more trees in our community And garden and eat food grown in our back yard Turn off the lights! Please family it’s not that hard Compost, recycle, use a little less All we have to do is start with the word yes! Yes, yes we can, we can change our plan We can start right now from where we stand And help the old folks to understand And every young woman and every young man How do we get to 350? Lets get together and see It starts with you and it starts with me This is how we get to 350! This is how we get to 350! This how we get there! All the evidence is supporting What the scientists are reporting To find a happy balance in this story We need 390 minus 40 Well I was thinking more about 350 I think it would be great to get some families Together and brainstorm about our collective decision To change the way we’re livin’ and create our vision 350 is our home, its the safe place to be, It is riding bikes climbing trees and playing in the leaves 350 is planting and growing gardens together It’s just the right balance for just the right weather It’s eating a meal with your family, invite your neighbors over for community! Its buying local food at the Farmer's Market, Instead of driving your car so much why don’t you park it? It’s the way we walk together on this healing path, It’s art, activism, science, medicine, and math It’s being fair to people in all other nations It’s a way to respect all of our relations We could write a book with 350 chapters We’ll start it with love and end it with laughter Ha ha ha ha ha… How do we get to 350? Lets get together and see It starts with you and it starts with me This is how we get to 350! This is how we get to 350! This how we get there! Right Now. Joe Reilly-Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Electric Bass, Percussion Kid Singers-Erna Chiu, Leila Durrie, Iris Durrie, Maya Baum Ferrise, Lily Gray-Wright, Olivia Lyle, Dani Macorkindale, Eleanor Mills, Ruthie Mills, Luisa Ponvert, Carmen Quinn, Nina Sabatini, Gary Service, Anya Svintsitskaya, Alise Telfer, Gavin Telfer, Grace S. Thomas, Alec Troutt, Andrew Vincent, Eliana Vincent, Leah White, Kaia Wolfkostin, and Kelman Wolfkostin. Recorded and Mixed by Brian Woodring at Pop Cycle Sound, Dearborn, Michigan. Mastered by Carl Saff at Saff Mastering, Chicago, Illinois.