{"id":2296,"date":"2014-09-23T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T16:53:37","slug":"peoples-climate-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ridiculousredhead.com\/?p=2296","title":{"rendered":"People’s Climate March"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday we had the crazy awesome experience of marching in the People’s Climate March<\/a> in New York City. \u00a0You may have heard about it on the news since it was the biggest climate march ever and also the largest social demonstration of the past decade. \u00a0It was set for two days before the UN Climate Summit where 125 world leaders would kick start a process to get a broad, significant climate agreement together.<\/p>\n

And when I say crazy, I mean crazy. \u00a0The organizers were expecting 100,000 people and were hoping for 250,000. \u00a0The latest numbers are at \u00a0nearly 400,000 marchers attending. \u00a0The mind can’t even process that number. \u00a0While there were the celebrities like UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, Al Gore and Leo di Caprio, this march was about the regular people. \u00a0A lot of regular people. I was amazed at what a cross section of people were there, from bikers to 80 year old women with walkers, bankers to hippie vegans. \u00a0And families just like us who wanted to stand (or march) and be counted as giving a damn.<\/p>\n

The route started out at 65th St and Central Park West. \u00a0The area for everyone to line up was to stretch up to 86th St (2o blocks) but with so many people it backed up onto the side streets and up to 93rd St. \u00a0We tried to go down 72nd St to get to where the environmental groups were supposed to line up and it was backed up with people. \u00a0 The building on the left (The Dakota where John Lennon was shot) is on the corner of 72nd (where we were) and the parade route. \u00a0That means we aren’t even on the march route yet which is up ahead at the end of the building. \u00a0\u00a0We waited there for almost two hours before we even got to marching!<\/p>\n

\"Dakota<\/a><\/p>\n

We marched with members of the Citizens Climate Lobby<\/a> (TB is a member and they hosted the conference when we went to DC) who are working on a climate tax that pays a dividend back to taxpayers. \u00a0Luckily they had signs and stickers since it didn’t occur to me to make anything until that morning.<\/p>\n

\"L<\/a><\/p>\n

Standing around waiting to march can be pretty exhausting. \u00a0 Lincoln took the opportunity for a nap in the middle of all the craziness.<\/p>\n

\"Sleeping<\/a><\/p>\n

Once we merged into the march it took us another hour just to get to the start line. \u00a0 There were all kinds of signs and things people carried. \u00a0One of my favorites was a group of vegans marching to remind people how hard eating meat is on the environment by bringing a huge inflatable cow! \u00a0TB and I have this running joke that I really want a cow in the backyard but he won’t let me.<\/p>\n

\"Cow<\/a><\/p>\n

Throughout the march people would just start making noise and everyone would chime in at once. \u00a0It was so energizing. \u00a0So many times you want to yell about the things you care about and here we all were yelling together!<\/p>\n

We ended up right behind two men and their dogs a good amount of the way through. \u00a0One man had a sweet yellow dog (below) and the other had two min pins in a rolling suitcase (you can see the handle). \u00a0This view is Central Park South almost at the starting line with the park on the left. \u00a0I found out later that as we were getting here, the beginning of the march was already finished. \u00a0That means the entire 2.2 mile route was full of people with blocks of people still behind us!<\/p>\n

\"CPW<\/a><\/p>\n

As we walked, we ended up with different groups. \u00a0Some were quiet and just walked. \u00a0Others had bull horns and chanted protests that remind you of movies from the 1970s. \u00a0But my favorite was the New Orleans type band that made everyone dance their way down 42nd St. \u00a0I gave Lincoln a break from the stroller at this point since he had been a champ so far and happily chewed his cucumber and never made a fuss. \u00a0We danced to the band and he waved (a new skill this week) to everyone behind us. \u00a0He had so much fun. \u00a0(And please excuse the bra straps and awesome hair. \u00a0It was a long day.)<\/p>\n

\"Waving<\/a><\/p>\n

We parked by the end of the march route which meant we had to walk up to the start before we even go to the start. \u00a0I am guessing we walked almost 100 blocks yesterday. \u00a0As you can imagine we were exhausted. \u00a0Our car was easy to get to but since so much of the city was closed, it was a nightmare getting out. \u00a0I think it took almost two hours to go the six blocks to the Lincoln tunnel entrance.<\/p>\n

\"joe<\/a><\/p>\n

It was worth it. \u00a0People came from nearly all 50 states and many foreign countries. \u00a0There were 1574 different groups that participated plus all those regular people. \u00a0I hope that everyone’s efforts will show that the masses really do care about climate change and protecting the earth. \u00a0It was great to see so many diverse groups working together for what we believe in. \u00a0I took the stickers off my shirt last night so I can save them for Lincoln. \u00a0I think it will be pretty cool to show him how he was a part of it all when he is older.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For more on the march (from people taller than me who took better photos):<\/p>\n

Wall Street Journal article<\/a><\/p>\n

Time Magazine article<\/a><\/p>\n

The Guardian article\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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