Author Archives: Shari Hrdina

[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 →

[By: Mary DeCamp; Tucson, AZ] As one of our newest distance Marchers, I want to share my delight with this movement. I joined the Climate March in Glendale, AZ because that was the closest point to my home in Tucson.  My participation with the Occupy Tucson encampment went a long way in preparing me for this endeavor, and my name (Mary DeCamp) certainly fits both experiences – we camp, and then we merrily de-camp. My little dog Birdie is along for the adventure.  At first, there was a lot Continue reading →

By: Debaura James, New Mexico I joined my fellow-marchers way back in Long Beach California in late February with funds raised to march as far as Phoenix.  Little did I know how difficult it would be to leave this new family of which I would become a member! It was shocking and a bit disconcerting for some of us “older” marchers to find that so little infrastructure was in place when we arrived. There was basically a gear-truck, a box of someone’s donated kitchen odds-and-ends, and an Continue reading →

On April 14 & 15, the Great March for Climate Action will pass through Payson, Arizona. We are excited that the local community is coming out to welcome us and join us in the important conversation and work we all need to take part in to ensure any kind of future for ourselves and our children and grandchildren. On April 14, marchers will gather outside Payson at the the traffic light by the Mazatzal Hotel & Casino, and be welcomed at 2:00 PM with snacks and Continue reading →

[By Brandon Cheshire, Phoenix, Arizona] I have been provided the special opportunity to join this noble group of environmental justice fighters as they continue to embrace the beautiful Arizona landscape, on their Great March for Climate Action. I had the opportunity to learn of the march while attending a Climate Reality Leadership training in Chicago this past summer.  I had been dealing with a tremendous amount of back pain and immobility due to an injury I suffered whilst installing a ground mounted solar array in Continue reading →

Sunscreen Comfy shoes Charged cell phone Metro transit card Reusable bag or small bag to carry your own items 8 AM – March 15.8 miles with us from ASU West Campus at 4710 West Thunderbird No breakfast available, bring something or eat before you arrive. You can see our route for the day here. 2:30 PM – March 2.5 miles with us from Indian School Rd and N Central You can meet up with us at the park on the northeast corner of Indian School Rd Continue reading →

Taos: May 24-25 Details on Taos events         New Mexico Sponsors Past Events Santa Fe: May 17-18 Details on Santa Fe events Santa Fe events as PDF Albuquerque: May 9, 10, & 11 Banner Procession and Rally & Other Events Grants: May 3 Music for the Mountain   Please click the link below to view the Artist Meeting details. Microsoft Word – TGM- FINAL-ART meeting email shortened.doc-2  

[by Kat Haber from Homer, Alaska, written March 13] Climate change is real. Is it evidence you need? I could give you 2,500 studies done from every conceivable scientific field, as taught in the World Bank’s recent course called Turn Down the Heat, Why a 4 Degree Centigrade Warmer World Must be Avoided. I could cite a climate change (former) skeptic, Richard A. Muller, who in his 2012 New York Times op-ed, states, “it appears likely that essentially all of this increase results from the Continue reading →

[by Stephen Martin from Henderson, Kentucky, written March 13] As an aging, white, middle class American I felt the guilt of transgression against our future. Countless generations of humanity could not contemplate our proficiency at excess in this age. There has been minimal effort on my part to live a life sustainably, and responsibly. When The Great March for Climate Action was suggested by my children, I saw it as personal sacrifice. A way to make an offering, or amends. To walk across the North Continue reading →

[by Jerry Stewart from Aldie, Virginia, written March 10] The windmills outside Palm Springs beckoned to us this morning, their huge arms waving us onward. We spent the whole day walking with their company. The road ahead stretched into the desert. Seeing the marchers spreading out into the distance, chills ran down my spine. The sound of drumbeats from the Native American sunrise ceremony on the first morning of the march echoed in my ears. I imagined that each step I took was its own Continue reading →