Great March for Climate Action

The marchers departed from Wilmington, California on March 1, 2014, traveling through Nebraska (focus on the Keystone Pipeline) and ended in Washington, D.C. in November, 2014. The route passed through California,{{Cite news|url=http://www.hidesertstar.com/news/article_20370008-adfe-11e3-9cdd-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Climate change marchers carry message through desert|work=Hi-Desert Star|access-date=2017-07-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://socialistworker.org/2014/03/06/la-marches-for-climate-action|title=LA marches for climate action|website=SocialistWorker.org|access-date=2017-07-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t11004-marchers|title=Claremont-Courier|website=www.claremont-courier.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-21}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.wilderutopia.com/environment/energy/climate/hundreds-launch-national-climate-march-from-the-port-of-la/|title=Hundreds Launch National Climate March from the Port of LA|date=2014-03-01|work=WilderUtopia.com|access-date=2017-07-21|language=en-US}} Arizona,{{Cite 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• Los Angeles, CA
• San Bernardino, CA
• Parker, AZ
• Wickenburg, AZ
• Phoenix, AZ
• Payson, AZ
• Albuquerque, NM
• Santa Fe, NM
• Taos, NM
• Colorado Springs, CO
• Denver, CO
• Kearney, NE
• Lincoln, NE
• Omaha, NE
• Des Moines, IA
• Grinnell, IA
• Iowa City, IA
• Davenport, IA
• Chicago, IL
• Toledo, OH
• Cleveland, OH
• Youngstown, OH
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Hagerstown, MD
• Washington, D.C.

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Reverend Bob Cook planned to take part in the march. "The Des Moines pastor’s life work has been for the poor, but he doesn’t view the Great March for Climate Action as a departure. The poor are affected most by climate change, as they are from most troubling world events, Cook said."{{cite news | title = Stung by spirit, pastor hoped to walk across the country | date = 29 June 2013 | url = http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130629/NEWS/306290025/0/NEWS01/ | newspaper = Des Moines Register | accessdate = 2013-07-02}}

Ben Bushwick, a student at Ohio University, marched most of the way. “I’m marching because quite frankly I don’t see any other choice,” Bushwick said. “Atmospheric disruption is a real threat that people do not take seriously and will make mitigation and adaptation efforts a lot more difficult.”

Faith Meckley, a student at Ithaca College, says, “I was interested, but only for a three-week walk from Pittsburgh to Washington. ... After thinking about it and talking to my academic advisor at Ithaca, I decided to take the spring semester off and do the walk from Taos, N.M., to Washington. I am committed to this issue. I want to do more than my environmental blog and sign petitions. I have a respect for the planet.” In line with her commitment, she left the march early to protest storage of liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas in her hometown region of Seneca Lake, New York.{{Cite news|url=http://www.fltimes.com/news/article_bf2b195a-59f8-11e4-a705-67d125b0afa9.html?mode=story|title=TAKING ACTION: Genevan, 19, leaves national climate march to protest locally|first=David|last=L. Shaw|work=Finger Lakes Times|access-date=2017-07-11|language=en}}

An average day’s walk was expected to be 14–15 miles. Campsites for tents were prearranged. Organizers had hoped to haul all of the gear and supplies via bicycles to minimize energy consumption and maximize sustainability, but after some intensive research this proved infeasible, so trucks running on biodiesel or vegetable oil fuel were used. Research into solar cookers, composting toilets, determined how far the marchers were able to use sustainable methods to handle food and energy needs, and human waste. Participants and volunteers shared daily chores including but not limited to setting up camp, food preparation and clean-up. Interactive workshops focused on climate change, the anthropogenic effect on the environment, and active solutions.{{cite news | url = http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/18/2176401/the-great-march-for-climate-action/ | title = The Great March for Climate Action | date = 18 Jun 2013 | website = ThinkProgress | accessdate = 2013-07-03}}

Throughout history, marches have been associated with political and social change. Examples include but are not limited to: the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913, Gandhi's Salt March to defy Britain's imperial power, Martin Luther King Jr's Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights and the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament.{{cite news | url = http://grist.org/article/the-power-of-multi-day-walks-and-rides/ | title = The Power of Multi-Day Walks and Rides | date = 3 Oct 2013 | website = Grist | accessdate = 2013-10-10}} Peace walks have been particularly popular in the peace movement.

• People's Climate March (2014)
• People's Climate March (2017)
• Climate change
• Environmental movement
• Environmental movement in the United States
• Individual and political action on climate change
• Business action on climate change

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• [http://climatemarch.org/ The Great March for Climate Action]

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