Monthly Archives: April 2014

Taos

The Great March for Climate Action in Taos May 24 and 25, 2014. Read this editorial invite from Gaia Mika.   Schedule of activities for the community of Taos! Saturday May 24 12-1 PM: Earthships Tour & Party with lunch for attending Marchers 12-1 PM: March Against Monsanto at the Taos Farmer’s Market (next to Taos Public Library, 402 Camino De La Placita, Taos, NM 87571, contact is Rivera Sun) 2:45 PM: Meet the marchers at the Taos Visitor’s Center (1139 Paseo del Pueblo Sur, Continue reading →

Medical March Madness

[By: Kimberly Foley; Des Moines, IA] We’ve completed the first million steps, only six million more to go. From strep throat to pneumonia, blisters to back aches, it is a learning process that we’re slowly getting better at. Our spirit walkers (marchers walking every step from LA to DC) and all those making this March possible, have gone through a lot. Steve Martin (Kentucky) is one of our older spirit walkers. He has not missed a step since starting the march in LA on March Continue reading →

Marcher in the Home

Who to contact about hosting a Marcher: • Iowa: Sarah Spain, sarah@climatemarch.org This page is to answer questions for people who are hosting and/or considering hosting a marcher in their home. What is Marcher in the Home? Anita’s Response Anita: Some people are wondering what happens on nights when we don’t camp. Well particularly in urban areas sometimes its hard to find a campsite so our organizers will organize a “marcher in the home” night. This is where local people will take one or more Continue reading →

Santa Fe: May 17 & 18

SATURDAY, MAY 17: Santa Fe Climate March Procession and Rally  10:30 AM: March to Railyard Park Location: Aspen Magnet Community School, 450 La Madera Street (off of Agua Fria Street & Alto) to the Railyard Park. 11 AM: Rally Location: Railyard Park Round Ramada, 740 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 Facebook event page 1:30 – 4 PM: Solar cooking, poetry reciting, and strumming Climate Marchers. Make solar necklaces with New Energy Economy Location: Santa Fe Farmer’s Market   SATURDAY, MAY 17: A Night Around the Campfire: A near zero-carbon emitting digital Continue reading →

Colorado

May 30 – June 30, 2014 Chris Ververis, Colorado State Coordinator (bio) chris@climatemarch.org, (530) 324-2643 Lives in Boulder, CO Sign up to March here! – The Great March for Climate Action welcomes anyone to join for any amount of time on the journey across the nation! Can you join for 1 day? 1 week? 1 state? To learn more about marching check out this FAQ for Prospective Marchers! In Colorado News: The Denver Post, The Colorado Springs Gazette, The Brush News-Tribune, Tim Danahey Show, KRCC, KRZA What’s next? Half Continue reading →

TigerMountain

[By: Marie Davis, Burlington, VT] TigerMountain Foundation, south Phoenix, Arizona The Garden of Tomorrow, is here today Jane Kendall and I took a day off the Climate March to meet Darren Chapman, the spirited visionary and founder of TigerMountain Foundation, at one of their gardens in a string of green being created along an otherwise bleak stretch of busy road in south Phoenix. We arrived a bit early to find the gate open, so we decided to take that as an invitation to go on in, have a look Continue reading →

Great March for Climate Action Joins Reject and Protect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 5:00 a.m. CST Contact Ki Coulson at (805) 270-5232 or ki@climatemarch.org Great March for Climate Action Joins Reject and Protect On April 22, 2014, the Great March for Climate Action joins the Cowboy Indian Alliance with a series of solidarity actions spanning five days leading up to the Reject and Protect march which will be held in Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2014. The Cowboy Indian Alliance consists of tribal communities, farmers, and ranchers along the Keystone XL Continue reading →

From Virtual Marcher to Marcher

[By: Tuck Taylor] I was a virtual marcher prior to the kick-off rally in Wilmington.  However, as a new “actual marcher,” I’d like to share a couple of impressions of my time on the road. Participating in the “organized chaos” that occurs every morning has given me a greater respect for the Army’s capability to do a similar feat with thousands of soldiers every morning in the field.  I know we will be building our capability to give logistical support for the thousands that will Continue reading →

Reject and Protect

On April 22nd, ranchers, farmers, and tribal community members from along the Keystone XL pipeline route, called the Cowboy-Indian Alliance, will ride into DC and set up camp near the White House. Those at the encampment will light a fire and burn sage from April 22nd to April 26th, making a strong and powerful stand against the proposed Keystone pipeline. As we approach the Arizona-New Mexico border, the Great March for Climate Action has planned five days of action to stand in solidarity with the Continue reading →

Outdoor Introspection

[By: Sean Glenn] Today was a really nice day to march.  Today I saw lots of sunflowers!  They were absolutely beautiful.  They were buds… sometimes.  Others were not yet to that point.  I kissed lots of them.  They made me smile.  We marchers whistled, “You Are My Sunshine.”  We planted more sunflower seeds, more friends for these marvelous beings. I just can’t tell you how happy seeing these young plants made me.  I was overwhelmed with hope.  I danced and twinkled; made sure my fellow Continue reading →