Giving Tuesday is a fairly new tradition, but one that has gained a lot of momentum and popularity over the last couple of years. The idea is that after all of the consumer spending of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, people take the time to give to non-profits, charities and other organizations that use their efforts and resources to make lives better and make the planet brighter. Even a small donation can make things easier for a lot of tremendous organizations. Those of us at Continue reading →

November has been a busy and terrific month for the Great March for Climate Action. As we ramp up our efforts towards March 1, we have received several bits of exciting news over the past few weeks and past few days even. – This month, we hired our first State Coordinator, Ki Coulson. Ki is from Los Angeles and has worked for years with various sustainability non-profits and has an amazing work ethic regarding environmental causes. Ki has been working diligently in Los Angeles to Continue reading →

Actor and noted environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. has given his endorsement to the Great March for Climate Action. “The most important and courageous journeys begin with taking that first step, together, in the right direction,” Begley said. “The Great March for Climate Action is imperative for the future of this planet and all living beings on it, not only to stand up to the climate crisis we are in, but to step forward and march on.” Begley is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor Continue reading →

One year from now, the Great March for Climate Action will have arrived in Washington, D.C. after its eight-month long journey across a continent. The marchers will have traveled 3,000 miles, spoken to people in over 100 cities, and spread the message that action on climate change is urgent. They will have crossed deserts, mountains, plains and plateaus, in all sorts of weather conditions, experiencing the vastness of America in a manner more primal, more physical than most modern people can even imagine. Although we Continue reading →

Dear Climate March Friends, The mainstream media is beginning to come to its senses. After years of practicing the belief that “both sides need to be heard,” the Los Angeles Times announced that it would no longer publish letters from climate-change deniers. In a piece titled, “On letters from climate-change deniers” (October 8, 2013), Times’ Letters Editor Paul Thornton explains, “The debate right now isn’t whether this evidence exists (clearly, it does) but what this evidence means for us.” He also states, “Simply put, I Continue reading →

Dear Climate March Friends, Thanks to all of you who have been helping get the word out about the Climate March. The national media is still warming up to us, but the March and our marchers have received some excellent coverage at the local level and online recently, including this much-appreciated mention by Ted Glick in Grist. Check out our website for other stories. For those of you able to tune-in today online (12:30 p.m. central time), my talk show, The Fallon Forum, digs into Continue reading →

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its long awaited AR5 report with a consensus on upping its level of confidence to over 95% that climate change is a manmade issue. “That statistic is a huge reason why we are mobilizing to march next year,” said Dave Murphy, Communications Director for The Great March for Climate Action. Ed Fallon, a talk show host and former Iowa lawmaker who founded and directs the March said, “Climate change is not the prevailing issue confronting our society, Continue reading →

“Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” While historically famous, perhaps this quote is just that – historical. The summation of individual human activity has transcended municipalities and nations, to cause unequaled, and often egregious, ramifications on our world. Contemporarily, we are collectively capable of physically altering the very environment we have inhabited for thousands of years. There is no longer such thing as “the middle of nowhere.” Everyone, everywhere, affects and is affected Continue reading →

Equipment Click here for current equipment and needs Green Aspects of the March We are implementing best practices of Leave No Trace along our trails as well as at our campsites. Our vehicles will ideally be powered with bio-diesel or straight vegetable oil in some cases. Solar energy will be used to power our auxiliary systems, such as A/C for vehicles, lights, refrigeration, etc. We will have a mobile wind unit on the March provided by Anemometry Specialists. We will be using composting portable toilets Continue reading →