Global Work Party: 10/10/10 day of climate action

Wellington, New Zealand. Community members performed a 'solar panel boogie' at sunrise to promote clean energy as a solution to climate change and to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies Photograph: 350.org Majuro, Marshall Islands: Community planters from the community of Anmarwut in the Marshall Islands distributed compact fluorescent lightbulbs Photograph: 350.org New South Wales, Australia. Citizens worked through the rain to construct an accessible, sustainable, wheelchair friendly vegetable garden at the Tweed Valley respite service centre to promote local foods as a solution to climate change Photograph: 350.org In the Philippines, thousands of people in the capital Manila joined a run to raise awareness about the Pasig River - a major waterway that is heavily polluted Photograph: 350.org In Beijing, hundreds of volunteers walked through the city collecting trash as a 'symbol of how much waste is in the public sphere,' said Christian Teriete of the Global Campaign for Climate Action. More than 30,000 students from some 200 Chinese universities launched a nationwide programme calling for climate action through practical measures, such as removing rubbish from local areas. 'This was the biggest show of youth environmental action in China's history,' media spokeswoman Joanna Wong said. 'It is about China's youth showing the world they want to take responsibility for our country's green future' Photograph: 350.org Baiyin, Sichuan province, China. Concerned citizens gathered at the temple to promote the spiritual connection to preserving the Earth, its climate and its people, and wrote out 350 in prayer flags Photograph: 350.org Bangkok, Thailand. Children participate in a bike safety training day Photograph: 350.org Dhaka, Bangladesh. Community members led a campaign on the Buriganga River Photograph: 350.org Dehradun, India. Students and their teachers visited the Navdanya training centre to learn about organic farming Photograph: 350.org Kiula, Sri Lanka. Participants in the Global Work Party ride from the Kiula Temple with children of the Sunday school to plant 250 mangrove and 100 pandanus plants Photograph: 350.org Cape Town, South Africa. Local community members hosted a 'planting party' at a children's playground Photograph: 350.org Iganga, Uganda. Students, community members and the school chairman planted trees and installed solar panels at Iganga high school Photograph: 350.org Sekondi, Ghana. Over 100 people from the twin cities of Sekondi/Takoradi came together to remove tonnes of debris and plant hundreds of mangroves in local wetlands Photograph: 350.org Hamadan, Iran. Men and women pose for a photo documenting their support for 350.org , the campaign named for the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that scientists say is the safe limit for humanity Photograph: 350.org Istanbul, Turkey. Over 7,000 people march through the city centre to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies Photograph: 350.org Yerevan, Armenia. Environmental activists and cyclists gathered to write out '350' in bicycles Photograph: 350.org Denekamp, Netherlands. Community members gardened to promote local food systems as a solution to climate change Photograph: 350.org Isafjordur, Iceland. Kayakers paddled out in 16 kayaks to make a 350 in the Skutulsfjörður fjord Photograph: 350.org Washington DC, US. Activists gather in front of the White House to urge President Obama to pass clean energy policies Photograph: 350.org Tabacundo, Ecuador: Citizens gathered to plant hundreds of native trees Photograph: 350.org San Francisco, California. Activists with the Rainforest Action Network staged 10 events at 10 Chevron petrol stations throughout the city Photograph: 350.org