Governor Murphy: Walk Your Talk on Climate

August 19, 2022 by Ed Fallon
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EmpowerNJ is organizing GOV MURPHY: WALK YOUR TALK ON CLIMATE, a walk for clean air and climate justice,  August 16 – 20, 2022. Over the course of five days, we will walk from Newark to Elizabeth, to Woodbridge, to Old Bridge, and finally to Red Bank just across the river from Governor Murphy’s home. The Walk and Caravan will link the seven proposed fossil fuel projects in New Jersey, which local groups have been fighting for years. These projects are our targets for protest because Continue reading →

Walk for Appalachia’s Future

June 23, 2022 by Ed Fallon
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Walk for Appalachia’s Future’s goal is to cancel the Mountain Valley Pipeline and promote jobs, justice, and renewable energy. Furthermore, the mission of the 2022 walk is to amplify the voices of frontline Appalachian communities and others in their fight for environmental justice and renewable energy. Go to the Walk’s Facebook page for updates and further details.

Young Christian Climate Network march

December 9, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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The Young Christian Climate Network is an action-focused community of young Christians in the UK aged 18-30, choosing to follow Jesus in the pursuit of climate justice. In 2021, the group organized a walk of over 1,000 miles to the UN COP26 climate summit — from Cornwall, England to Glasgow, Scotland. The group asked the UK government to: Reinstate foreign aid budget to pre-COVID levels; Secure agreement from rich countries to at least double the decade-old promise of $100bn a year for climate finance; Ensure Continue reading →

Hannah Bacon’s Miles for Climate walk

June 3, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Hannah’s walk raised over $21,000 for the Sunrise Movement. To read more Bout her effort, visit “Miles for Climate: A Walk Across the US.” Hannah writes on June 2, 2021: Hey friends! It’s been a while… thanks for hanging in there with me! I am two weeks from the finish, and realize I haven’t posted in two months! My lack of posting is partly because I am in a time warp (truly shocked so much time has passed) and partly because I’ve had some serious Continue reading →

Walk for Our Grandchildren

May 27, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Here’s a beautiful short documentary summarizing the 2021 Walk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3HkfXCYhDfjWdWY3LczV9tDjwf9MCs8/view?ts=611ad075 In 2013, a multi-generational group of climate activists walked from Camp David, Maryland, to Washington, DC. Their goal: to tell President Obama and other policy makers that we must keep the majority of fossil fuels in the ground. In 2021, elders and youth once again walked to demand climate action from President Biden. Biden has promised bold actions, yet his proposals are still inadequate to address the climate emergency. The 2021 Walk for Our Grandchildren Continue reading →

March Against Detaining Asylum-seeking Families

May 4, 2021 by Ed Fallon
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Two years ago, Pascha Morgan walked 1200 miles from Des Moines, Iowa to the Texas/Mexico border — a solo journey he dubbed the March Against Detaining Asylum-seeking Families (or MAD-AF). He writes that the purpose of his walk was “to put words like compassion, empathy, and human dignity into action. Love of others can make you MAD AF.” Here’s a story about Pascha’s march during his trek through Salina, Kansas. The climate emergency also motivates Pascha in his work, and he has been very active in Des Continue reading →

The Race to Save the World – Earth Day, 2021

April 22, 2021 by Shari Hrdina
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“From Joe Gantz, the Emmy-winning producer of American Winter and Ending Disease, The Race To Save The World offers an intimate portrait of activists, age 15 to 72, as they put themselves on the line to fight climate change. Encompassing protests and arrests, courtroom drama and family turmoil, these everyday heroes push to create a sustainable world, often risking their relationships, careers – and freedoms in the process. Drawing on powerful footage and moving interviews, The Race to Save The World is an inspiring call Continue reading →

Miles for Climate – 2021 across the U.S.

March 23, 2021 by Shari Hrdina
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Inspired after reading David Wallace-Wells’ The Uninhabitable Earth, Hannah Bacon chose to walk home to the east coast from the west coast where she had been visiting. She is raising money for the Sunrise Movement with her action, blogging, and talking with people she meets about the urgency of climate action. Go to MilesForClimate.org to learn more, read Hannah’s blogs, and donate.

Climate Crisis Parade – February 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa

February 1, 2020 by Shari Hrdina
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On February 1, 2020, over 1,000 people marched through downtown Des Moines, from Cowles Commons to the Iowa Events Center, to bring media attention to the climate crisis. Over 70 organizations worked together to make this event happen. It was scheduled just before the Iowa Caucuses to take advantage of the national media gathered here. Various groups concentrated on different climate topics, including extinction, pipelines, natural disasters, and Indigenous rights. Climate March was a sponsor of the Climate Crisis Parade. Go to BoldIowa.com to find Continue reading →

First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March – September 2018 in Iowa

September 1, 2018 by Shari Hrdina
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Landowners who had their property taken by force for the Dakota Access Pipeline have joined with the Iowa Sierra Club in a lawsuit against the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB). They allege that the IUB illegally allowed Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) to use eminent domain to build the Dakota Access Pipeline. Their case is strong and has potentially historic significance. To raise awareness of the importance of this lawsuit, Bold Iowa and Indigenous Iowa are partnering with the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter and Seeding Sovereignty to Continue reading →