Louise Russell's Record of the People's Climate Train and NYC March

Ayya Santacitta on the People's Climate Train in Sep. 2014 (photo by Louise Russell)

For more terrific portraits and photos from the People's Climate Train and the NYC March by Louise Russell, visit: http://peoplesclimatetrain-louisesview.weebly.com/

Mindfulness and Climate Action – Conversation Archive Page!

To visit the archive of the “Mindfulness and Climate Action” conversations, CLICK HERE. This series of five conversations is being held October 5 through November 3, 2014. You can find resources and conversation recordings from the series. Here is what Thanissara had to say about these conversations recently on her wonderful blog:
As we have listened to each teacher over the last few weeks, it has felt like receiving a beautiful jewel of authentic truth, however challenging, alongside embodied, empowered and inspirational ways forward in response to the severe degradation of the Earth’s biosphere, lands, oceans and forests. Last Sunday it was wonderful to hear friends from England — Catherine McGee and Chris Cullen — and friend and founder of many visionary initiatives, James Baraz. I also appreciated Lou Leonard’s input and will post Lou’s contribution throughout the series in a separate blog post the last call on November 2nd.

Reflecting on the People's Climate March

(Note: This message is from peoplesclimate.org.)

There are an infinite number of stories from the People’s Climate March - and we want to hear yours. Take a few minutes and tell us why you were there. Tell us your favorite part of the march. Tell us what you’re going to do now that the march is over. SUBMIT YOUR STORY HERE.

The march was an incredible, beautiful moment — and we want to hear your take on it. CHECK OUT STORIES FROM THE MARCH.

Dharma Rain on People's Climate Train, Climate March & Flood Wall Street

C-Realm Podcast with Thanissara, Buddhist teacher and climate activist

A Final Image from the PC March

Here is a wonderful photo of Buddhist nuns Ayya Santussika and Ayya Santacitta during the March on Sunday by Thanissara:

NY Times article on the People's Climate March

Taking a Call for Climate Change to the Streets

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/nyregion/new-york-city-climate-change-march.html

Here are some excerpts from this New York Times article by Lisa W. Foderaro:

Legions of demonstrators frustrated by international inaction on global warming descended on New York City on Sunday, marching through the heart of Manhattan with a message of alarm for world leaders set to gather this week at the United Nations for a summit meeting on climate change.

Coursing through Midtown, from Columbus Circle to Times Square and the Far West Side, the People’s Climate March was a spectacle even for a city known for doing things big, and it was joined, in solidarity, by demonstrations on Sunday across the globe, from Paris to Papua New Guinea.

“I’m here because I really feel that every major social movement in this country has come when people get together,” said Carol Sutton of Norwalk, Conn., the president of a teachers’ union. “It begins in the streets...”

...From as close as the Bronx and as far as at least Rome, the demonstrators came in vast numbers. At one point early in the afternoon, the march came to a halt because the entire 2.2-mile route was full, and more than two hours into the procession, people were still setting out from the starting point near Columbus Circle.

Organizers, using data provided by 35 crowd spotters and analyzed by a mathematician from Carnegie Mellon University, estimated that 311,000 people marched the route. The signs that marchers held were as varied as the movement: “There Is No Planet B,” “Forests Not for Sale” and “Jobs, Justice, Clean Energy.”

The climax of the march came in the early afternoon. All along the route, crowds had been quieted for a moment of silence. On Avenue of the Americas at 57th Street, there was an eerie silence as marchers raised their arms and looked down.

Then at exactly 1 p.m., a whistle pierced the silence, setting off a minute-long cacophony intended as a collective alarm on climate change. There were the beats of the drums and the blaring of horns, but mostly it was whoops and cries of the marchers.

Last week, meteorologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that this summer — the months of June, July and August — was the hottest on record for the globe, and that 2014 was on track to break the record for the hottest year, set in 2010.