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Questions? Ask: Chris Ververis, Colorado State Coordinator chris@climatemarch.org, (530) 324-2643 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! Marcher in the Home – Interested in providing a Marcher with a place to stay in Denver? In Colorado News: The Colorado Springs Gazette, KRCC, KRZA Join us in the March on Continue reading →

May 31: Camp in Fort Garland, CO. MAP June 1: Stay Day in Fort Garland (no marching!) Lunch, movie screening and discussion: A group of professors and students from Adams State University from Alamosa, CO will bike 25 miles to Fort Garland to enjoy the afternoon with the Marchers! We’ll have lunch around noon, then watch a “Apocalypse, Man” by Michael Ruppert followed by discussion about taking concrete actions to act on the climate crisis! Event is open to the public! Location: Fort Garland Museum Time: 12:00 – 3:00pm Continue reading →

Starting Location Chautauqua Park Oakland, IA 51560 Ending Location Cold Springs State Park, Lewis, IA Total Miles 18.8 Walking Map/Instructions See map and instructions here. Driving Map/Instructions Same as walking instructions. Overnight Information Camping area is on the southwest of the Lake. The community can camp wherever in this area, as long as they stay close together so there is room for others. There are shower facilities available for use. Contact for area: Mica Lee

By Winter Ross “Pilgrimage: a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance. Typically a journey to a shrine or other location of importance to a person’s beliefs and faith, although sometimes it can be a metaphorical journey into someone’s own beliefs.” Wikipedia I trudge breathlessly, head down, toward our next camp: the parking lot of El Santuario de Chimayo. A Roman Catholic Church and National Historic Monument in New Mexico, it is famous for miracles of healing. I look forward to baptising my feet Continue reading →

(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 →