Get ready to jump
by Molly Webb
According to a recent article on ABCnews.com, an artist created a scientist who claims that if enough people jump at the critically weak moment in the earth's orbit tomorrow, we can reverse the effects of climate change. I signed up to get a reminder, along with another 600,000 people or so, which landed in my inbox this morning, under the title WORLD JUMP DAY (and there's a website, of course).
"Please be sure to begin jumping at the calculated time of 11.39.13 GMT on 20 JULY 2006. The duration of the jump should be no less than 2 Minutes. Timing is very critical in this experiment. We thank you for your help."
I love it. Activism, artists and science fiction brought to bear on the events of the day. I'm working on my two minute jump.