Imagine “Climate art” visible from space. That's what's coming up next from the 350.org crew. 350 Earth will be the world’s first art exhibit visible from outer space.

350 Earth is based on the premise that the famous “Earthrise” photo created an immediate shift in consciousness for humanity - providing a dramatic, visual reminder that we are indeed on a spaceship, and it’s the only one we've got.

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Even if we didn't articulate it this way, it drove a gut realization that we've got energy coming in from the sun, but materials don't come in and go out (aside from the odd meteor or satellite) - there is no "away" for waste and poisons we create or pull out of the earth's crust (the basic premise behind The Natural Step’s Sustainability Principles 1 & 2); and that we can't continually use up or destroy the resources faster than they regenerate naturally; and we've got to find basic ways to live together, respect each other and keep the social fabric from falling apart.

A new report from UC Berkeley shows that dire messages about climate change can backfire if presented too negatively - increasing skepticism and inaction. It says people generally see the world as just (or want to believe it is) - and so reject the idea that we would create an apocalyptic world for ourselves and for future generations. We all know we're not 100% rational creatures.

As I write I'm listening to Wake Up - the new album from John Legend and the Roots the revisits classic songs that drove social movements in the '60s and '70s. It wasn’t facts, figures and graphs that powered the civil rights movement. It was personal experiences, personal feelings, personal connections.  And music and art helped articulate those. It's clear we need powerful art like that now. And it's a good thing we're getting it.

From November 20-28 artists and citizens at over a dozen locations will create massive art installations that satellites will photograph from space.

Bill McKibben of 350.org said "I think it's going to be very powerful. Art gets to people in ways that science doesn't."

The series of installations are timed to happen before the annual international climate negotiations - COP 16 - happening in Cancun, Mexico in early December. Most people aren't expecting much to come out of these meetings. Sometimes that's when things can happen.