Monthly Archives: July 2014

Starting Location City Park, 201-299 E Green St. Brooklyn, IA 52211 Ending Location Ladora Soccer Field  [103-107 Locust St. 1 block  south off HWY 6] Total Miles 14.8 mi Walking & Driving Map/Instructions available here. Overnight Information We will not be staying at the park, we will be camping at the Ladora Soccer Field. Event Information Ladora is a small, quiet town with ~250 people.  Ladora Mayor Stan Brenneman may visit us at camp.  

[By: Mary DeCamp] On the Great March for Climate Action, I have adopted the role of scullery maid and thought some might be interested in what a typical day is like for me. We start the day early – we awaken at 4:00 am when we will be marching for 15 or more miles.  On the days the trek falls below 15 miles, we get to sleep in until 5:00 am.  The summer heat is here now, and marching earlier spares us from those midday Continue reading →

[By Lala Palazzolo] These past two months have been a time of great transition for me, as I move out of one paradigm and into another. I think about my former “normal life” and have been back home briefly to visit and observe a dynamic I haven’t lived in, in months. Everything and everyone around me was just as I had left it. Nothing had changed except me. I felt removed and somewhat disconnected to the goings-on of everyday. I am reminded of “the ghost Continue reading →

[By John Abbe] I just found out that a friend of mine – Mark Dilley – will be at Netroots Nation this week, and is willing to promote the march there! Netroots Nation originated out of The Daily Kos, a hugely popular blog of progressive politics (organizing for “more and better Democrats, not necessarily in that order”). A few other marchers were still awake to hear the news and most are are pretty excited about it, since Netroots Nation attracts “thousands of bloggers, newsmakers, social justice advocates, Continue reading →

Starting Location College Green Park 600 E. College Street Iowa City, IA 52240 6:30 am All MARCHERS and SPIRIT MARCHERS WILL HAVE TO START about .3 MILES WEST AT GEAR TRUCK TO PACK UP! (NE corner of Gilbert and College). Please DO NOT BE LATE FOR THIS EARLY TIME. Ending Location Scattergood Friends School, 1951 Delta Avenue West Branch, IA There are two different locations with the address, 1951 Delta Avenue West Branch, IA. If you are attempting to reach the March at this location, Continue reading →

<strong>Starting Location</strong> Cumberland City Park Cumberland, IA 50843 <strong>Ending Location</strong> Across the Street from 602 N Main St, Bridgewater, IA. <strong>Total Miles</strong> 12.4 miles <strong>Walking Map/Instructions </strong> See map and walking instructions <a href=”https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Main+St+%26+3rd+St,+Cumberland,+IA+50843/602+N+Main+St,+Bridgewater,+IA+50837/@41.2776824,-94.7697138,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x87eca5c19c70eb09:0x13008f6db53f471!2m2!1d-94.8705137!2d41.2741946!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ec9ec1d7dcab51:0xcc2aa3b41581bf88!2m2!1d-94.6688292!2d41.2469517!2m1!6e4!3e2″ target=”_blank”>here</a>. <strong>Driving Map/Instructions</strong> See map and driving instructions <a href=”https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Main+St+%26+3rd+St,+Cumberland,+IA+50843/602+N+Main+St,+Bridgewater,+IA+50837/@41.2708962,-94.7709309,12z/am=t/data=!3m1!4b1!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x87eca5c19c70eb09:0x13008f6db53f471!2m2!1d-94.8705137!2d41.2741946!1m5!1m1!1s0x87ec9ec1d7dcab51:0xcc2aa3b41581bf88!2m2!1d-94.6688292!2d41.2469517!2m1!6e4!3e0″ target=”_blank”>here</a>. <strong>Overnight Information</strong> The stay is at the Cabin belonging to the Jensen’s. Sindra, whose father owns the cabin, is coordinating the stay. The cabin has a pond. Key Contact: Sindra Jensen <strong>Event Information</strong> Breakfast, lunch and dinner are being prepared Continue reading →

Save Seneca Lake By: Faith Meckley I had the incredible experience of growing up in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State. When I tell people from out of state or out of the country that I’m from New York, I delight in revealing to them for the first time that the State is something beyond the famous city. There is a whole other side to New York: the hills and valleys and State Parks and lakes and gorges and vibrant green summers and Continue reading →

Local Climate Change Issues for Tucson, Arizona, and the Desert Southwest John Jorgensen, climate marcher from Tucson, AZ I came on this march in part because the climate is changing dramatically in Tucson, AZ. When I first came to Tucson, in 1980, there were spectacular monsoon storms in the summer. Every summer the humidity and heat would build up throughout the day until storm clouds would form, lightning and thunder could be heard, and then a huge dust cloud and a wall of darkness and Continue reading →

By: Mary DeCamp – Tucson, AZ Tucson, AZ has been my home for a couple of decades now. I’m very fond of “the Old Pueblo” and have taken an active role in local politics, including running for City Council in 2009 and for Tucson’s Mayor in 2011. What propelled me into the political arena was a growing concern over the health and vitality of our natural world. Friends in the Green Party schooled me in how rapidly our physical planet is changing due to human Continue reading →