Monthly Archives: August 2013

Equipment Click here for current equipment and needs Green Aspects of the March We are implementing best practices of Leave No Trace along our trails as well as at our campsites. Our vehicles will ideally be powered with bio-diesel or straight vegetable oil in some cases. Solar energy will be used to power our auxiliary systems, such as A/C for vehicles, lights, refrigeration, etc. We will have a mobile wind unit on the March provided by Anemometry Specialists. We will be using composting portable toilets Continue reading →

Photos Click for Larger, Higher Resolution shots View the Climate March Flickr account here March 1, 2014 Launch of the Climate March (photos by Jonathan H. Lee)   Group Photographs Logos   Videos For copies of the below videos, please click on the video and click download on the next page.        

To view arrival dates for each city, hover your cursor over the dots on the map. All dates are subject to change. All cities on our March Route are invited to visit the March Camp, visitors from everywhere are welcome to come learn, share, and support. Bring the family, friends, collaborative-congruent ideas, and musical instruments. Would you like to coordinate your school, organization, or family to meet the March as it visits your neighborhood?  Are you an educator or climate change teacher who wants to Continue reading →

Dear Climate March Friends, (Note: For those of you who receive my weekly talk-show update, much of what I am about to share may sound familiar.) Beyond any impact next year’s March will have on the climate crisis itself, eight months of communal living could have a profound effect on marchers. Our life-style will provide a stark contrast to the isolation that tends to characterize life in America today. Isolation is not only accepted as normal and natural, it is institutionalized. Whether in an office Continue reading →

Dear Climate March Friends, Iowa State Senator Rob Hogg has done an amazing job providing leadership on climate action here in Iowa, both at the Statehouse and at the grassroots level. Through a series of tours, he is now working to connect with climate activists across the country. Friday, he heads to New England for a 14-day tour through New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The schedule for Rob’s public events can be found on his Facebook Page. If he is coming to a town Continue reading →

Meet Steve Martin, our first marcher from Kentucky. Steve is a retired small-business owner whose family business, Martin Studio of Photography, recently closed after operating for 64 years in Henderson, a town of 28,000 people on the banks of the Ohio River. Steve’s concern about climate change deepened after participating in a rally against the Keystone Pipeline with his son at the White House earlier this year. An estimated 35,000 people turned out for that event, at which 350.org president and co-founder, Bill McKibben, said, Continue reading →