Monthly Archives: May 2014

(This entry was written by a local resident near Taos who happened to bump into the Climate March. Read to hear Mary’s perspective) May 22, 2014, My friend Yvonne and I encountered the little band of yellow-vested walkers on our High Road to Taos in the northern New Mexico mountains. Have you ever met someone and just knew, immediately and instinctively, that this is a REAL human being? Well, here were a whole bunch of them, bright eyed, warm, friendly, dedicated, powerful, brilliant, courageous…the list Continue reading →

[metaslider id=3033] Welcome to Nebraska’s portion of the Great March for Climate Action. As a Nebraskan born-and-raised, I am proud of our generosity of spirit and I look forward to the marchers experiencing our hospitality. Please do let me know if you would like to help or have any questions. Hope to see you on the route!  Sincerely,  Anna Wishart, Nebraska State Coordinator       anna@climatemarch.org | (402) 314-5688                                       Continue reading →

By Faith Meckely — Recently joined marcher and blogger at The Ithacan. She is blogging there regularly while on the Climate March. I can’t ever say enough about how incredible my first day was. It was raining all day, and the poor weather really tested me, but I’m proud to say I walked every step and I slept in my tent at the end of the day. Some marchers hitched rides and stayed elsewhere for the night — some in a dance studio with hot Continue reading →

Now accepting applications for Illinois and Indiana. Compensation: $3,000/month. Apply by June 6 with cover letter and resume to Ed Fallon at ed@climatemarch.org. Logistics Route. Collaborate with Staff, Logistics Team and Program Team. The duty of the State Coordinator is to establish a pedestrian-safe route that also allows for access to/by marcher support vehicles. The route should be driven and viewed carefully to determine any discrepancies between GoogleMaps and reality, access by support vehicles and marchers, and for efficiency. Make sure there are no impassable Continue reading →

The Coalition Building Fund seeks to strengthen the Great March for Climate Action by bringing into the March the voices of people from the frontline communities of climate pollution who would otherwise not be able to afford the fundraising requirements. The committee overseeing the fund will reach out to organizations in such communities across the United States and invite them to send representatives to the March. These Climate Action Delegates will receive full scholarships for the amount of time they plan to spend on the Continue reading →

(This is a copy of what Craig Barnes said during the rally in Santa Fe) The Land Does Not Lie Craig Barnes Santa Fe, NM May 17, 2014 The grass on the hill where I live was mowed down by sheep 150 years ago and the soil is gone and the grass has no black richness in which to grow today. Not all my wishing can make good soil be there today. The land does not pretend to grow grass. It grows grass or does Continue reading →

[By: Mackenzie McDonald Wilkins] [Sunday, May 4 2014] Two months and three days ago I was caught in a torrential downpour in Los Angeles California with a group of ardent earth lovers. We didn’t know each other. We didn’t know what our journey would hold. All we knew was that we were chilled to the bone, soaking wet, and it didn’t matter. We were going to walk together across the North-American continent! About sixty days later we crossed over the continental divide, a momentous achievement Continue reading →

[By Benjamin Bushwick] There have been periods of my life where I have dreaded to wake up and get out of bed. This March has been a complete 180 from that. I wake up with the sunrise every morning, full of vigor, and with a breath of fresh air. Our wakeup call is a serenading volunteer who walks around improvising a song. My favorite March morning single has been “Get Your Lazy Ass out of Bed” by Ed Fallon on acoustic guitar. We are guided Continue reading →