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September 6th Join us for the biggest call to CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS and CLIMATE ACTION ever seen in Chicago. Join us for the Chicago Climate March on Saturday, September 6th! The Chicago Climate March is the Chicago segment of the larger Great March for Climate Action, currently in progress from LA to DC, and a partner with/precursor to the People’s Climate March, happening in New York City on Sunday, September 21st, 2014.   ~ Marching map for the day – click here ~  *Map for Continue reading →

September 19 – 21 The People’s Climate March (PCM) is coming up very soon, September 21. Well over 100,000 people will be filling the streets of New York City, and the Great March for Climate Action will be among them with all of the energy and stories from the people we have met so far on our cross-country journey. The PCM is timed in part to bring the people’s voice to the UN Climate Summit happening on September 23. We are pausing our march in Continue reading →

Climate March Recruitment Center *UPDATE: You no longer need to apply, but you can still join us. Want to march in D.C.? Just join us anywhere along the route during the day!   Regardless of how we get past the current climate crisis people will ask: What did you do when the world was warming?   Thank you for your interest in joining the Great March for Climate Action. Our roving community is looking for people just like you who are ready to take steps Continue reading →

[By Lala Rosella Palazzolo] I have taken 3.5 million steps to get halfway across the country.  My feet have taken a beating………cracks in my heels, a plethora of blisters, and tender soles.  My skin has become scaly, sun burnt and dry despite the heavy amounts of sunscreen and lotion I apply.  My hair is dried out, sun bleached and fried.  I’ve lost weight, I’m constantly tired and I miss my bed.  I’m sick and tired of peanut/almond butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and the Continue reading →

[By Judy Todd] An Oregon Marcher’s Reflections So Far “New Moon in Gemini, June 2014 – I’m sitting in tonight’s camp: a bunch-grass field on the far eastern edge of New Mexico in the old pueblo city of Costilla.  I have a new appreciation for the early trade routes the indigenous people took west and east. It’s very big country, filled once with the life-giving beauty of abundant water, with unfenced, untilled land, no roads, no contrails, no railroads with thundering coal and oil trains, Continue reading →

*There are TWO separate programs this evening in Newton.  Please go here to find out more information about the community program to meet the Climate Marcher community. ~ BOLD IOWA Town Hall Meeting to Block the Pipeline ~ The premiere event opposing the Iowa Bakken oil pipeline through Iowa. Join the fight with Iowa CCI, everyday Iowans, landowners, and the Climate March! Please invite concerned Iowans, landowners, friends, neighbors, family, and all those who wish to protect our state to this event on facebook! Time: 6:00 – 7:30PM Location: Uncle Nancy’s Continue reading →

Age: 6 Interests: worms, fishing, swimming underwater, playing at the beach, jumping on the trampoline, archery, weapon fighting, cuddling Why Simon wants to be adopted: Because I love to march and pull the cart and play at camp.

[By: Doug Grandt] Why on earth did I walk half-way across Nebraska during July? I have asked myself that question several times.  It was a bit of a struggle with some rain, wind, hot humid days, fatigue, tender feet … but there was also cloud cover, cool mornings, beautiful landscapes … it was an amazing experience.  Yes, I would do it again. For starters, it was less than half the length of Nebraska. The walking distance on the roads we took totaled 177 miles from my Continue reading →

August 26 – September 9 EVENTS: Chicago Climate March on September 6   *Illinois state map is intended to provide an overview. Please see below for more accurate daily maps. Timeline Click on town to view local events, daily maps, and details Community Date Community (cont.) Date Hampton & Rock Island Welcome event 8/26 DeKalb 9/2 Erie 8/27 Elburn 9/3 Lyndon 8/28 Wheaton 9/4 Sterling 8/29 Oak Park 9/5 Franklin Grove 8/30 Chicago Climate Rally! 9/6 Rochelle 8/31 Chicago 9/7 Rochelle 9/1 Chicago 9/8

  Climate Marchers are Participating in the Iowa State Fair Parade!   To march with marchers in the parade, please contact Sarah Spain: Sarah@ClimateMarch.org, (530) 289-6683 The following is the info from the website: http://www.iowastatefair.org/fair-attractions/parade/   The 2014 Iowa State Fair Parade will be held in downtown Des Moines on Wednesday, August 6, at 6:15 p.m. Spectators will be able to watch an estimated 200 floats, animals, vehicles and novelty and performing units. Staging will take place at the State Capitol Complex. Parade entrants will then travel west on Continue reading →