The Great March for Climate Action

The Great March for Climate Action

The Time for Action is NOW!

The Mission

The mission of the Great March for Climate Action is to inspire action on the climate crisis. On March 1, 2014, hundreds of climate patriots set out from Los Angeles, California, and are now walking nearly 3,000 miles across America to Washington, DC. This will be the largest coast-to-coast climate march in American history.

Vision

On March 1, 2014, hundreds of climate patriots will set out from Los Angeles, CA, walking 3,000 miles across America to Washington, DC, inspiring action to resolve the climate crisis. This will be one of the largest coast-to-coast marches in American history.

Marchers will be expected to adhere to a strict code of non-violence according to the principles employed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. An addendum that explains this in greater detail will be provided before the march starts next year. Also, we will provide mandatory non-violence training at the start of the March.

The March seeks to build the broadest possible public consensus and is focused strictly on the climate crisis. Marchers will, of course, have their own personal stories and perspectives. However, it is important that we stick to the core message, in unison, with our words, signs and public presentations.

We plan to govern the March through a "city council" of marchers elected by marchers. At times, we will employ a "town meeting" style of governance involving the entire marcher community, with a simple majority vote to make a decision.


For more information, contact info@climatemarch.org, or check out our staff page.

Our offices are located at:

Great March for Climate Action
1620 Pleasant Street, Suite 249
Des Moines, Iowa 50314


Jimmy Betts
Program Director
Program Facilitator & Coordinator
Work Phone: (262) 23-LEARN
Work Phone: (262) 235-3276
Work Email: jimmy@climatemarch.org

Jimmy is dedicated to passionate, purposeful living with natural medicine in integrated settings, martial arts, personal cultivation through life arts, and off-beat humour. He has been teaching human beings of all makes, models, and locales for over a decade and looks forward to facilitating the education and inspiration of many a Climate Marcher over the course of the year. In preparation for the Climate March, he has taken up his very first musical instrument, the fiddle, and plans to learn at least one new tune each week along the way. He is a Capricorn who enjoys long walks across the contiguous United States.