By many reports, there were over 300,000 people demanding action to combat the menace of Climate Change today in New York City.
Here are a few sights and sounds from this historic day along with a few media reports and diaries posted over the past three days. Our blogathon isn't over as more is to come over the next couple of days.
The People's Climate March NYC Sept 21 2014
UPDATE #3:
Aerial Drone Video Footage and Unions at the People's Climate March in New York City
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Voices From The Historic 300,000+ Strong 'People's Climate March'
UPDATE #1:
Emma Thompson at Climate March London 21 September 2014
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UN Climate Summit/March Blogathon - September 19-23
Diary Schedule - All Times Pacific
The complete guest list of diarists is in this announcement diary by rb137: People's Climate March Blogathon - Blog Team Thanks Meteor Blades. All previous blogathon diaries can be found here.
From ClimateBrad: I'm excited to announce that I will providing livestreamed, on-the-ground coverage of the People's Climate March this Sunday and at follow-up actions in the days ahead at PeoplesClimate.tv.
7:00 am: Can 100,000+ be heard past the crickets? Climate March in NYC right now ... by A Siegel.
11:00 am: The People are Marching: Which Politicians Hear Our Climate Message? by remembrance.
3:00 pm: "We are Stardust. We are Golden and We've got to get Ourselves back to the Garden" by Onomastic.
4:00 pm: People's Climate March and People of Color by Nikki Silvestri, Executive Director, Green For All.
1:00 pm: Fighting to end climate gridlock in Washington state by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-WA/34th), Chair of the Washington State House of Representatives Environment Committee.
3:00 pm: People's Climate March Has Begun All Over the World by Bill McKibben, President and Co-Founder of 350.org.
5:00 pm: People's Climate March Blogathon: Govenor Jay Inslee (CERT)ainly Worth My Time by John Crapper.
9:00 am: 26 Senators Show Support for People’s Climate March in New York City by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman, Committee on Environment and Public Works and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
10:00 am: Congress: Gets Serious about Climate Change by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA).
11:00 am: The Urgency of the UN Climate Summit by Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ).
1:00 pm: Why we’re marching: lessons of the lobster boat blockade by Ken Ward and Jay O'Hara, lobster boat activists.
8:00 pm: Why I March – The Future of the Latino Engagement Against Climate Change by Jhon Arbelaez, California Organizer for Earthworks.
9:00 pm: Climate March Blogathon: Decisive Action meets Decisive Action by Bristol County DA Sam Sutter.
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A few media reports:
PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Thousands March In Biggest Climate Change Rally Ever - Climate Progress
More than 300,000 people flocked to New York on Sunday to join the People’s Climate March, billed as the largest climate march in history. The rally wove its way through midtown Manhattan as a call to action for leaders to curb carbon emissions and to protest stalled action on a climate treaty. Two days after the march, world leaders will meet at the United Nations in a summit to come up with a global framework for how to combat the climate crisis.
Thousands take to streets for NYC's People's Climate March - CBS News (Video)
SEPTEMBER 21, 2014, 2:57 PM|Demonstrators rallied through the streets of Manhattan as part of a series of global marches over climate change. The march in New York City comes two days before the United Nations Climate Summit.
At Climate March in New York, a Clarion Call for Action - New York Times
Under leaden skies, throngs of demonstrators stretching as far as the eye could see moved through Midtown Manhattan late Sunday morning, chanting their demands for action on climate change.
With drums and tubas, banners and floats, the People’s Climate March represented a broad coalition of ages, races, geographic locales and interests, with union members, religious leaders, scientists, politicians and students joining the procession.
Thousands come out for climate change march in New York City - Chicago Tribune
An international day of action on climate change brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets of New York City on Sunday, easily exceeding organizers' hopes for the largest protest on the issue in history.
Organizers estimated that some 310,000 people, including United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and elected officials from the United States and abroad joined the People's Climate March, ahead of Tuesday's United Nations hosted summit in the city to discuss reducing carbon emissions that threaten the environment.
The New York rally, the largest single protest ever held on the topic of climate change, followed similar events in 166 countries including Britain, France, Afghanistan and Bulgaria.
People's Climate March: thousands demand action around the world - as it happened - The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of people across 150 countries are taking to the streets to march for action on climate change.
Dubbed the People’s Climate March, it has been flagged as the biggest global call-to-action on climate change in history.
People are demanding world leaders take action on climate change as they prepare for a United Nations summit in New York on Monday.
Report shows record C02 emissions ‘committing world to dangerous climate change’
Are you taking part? Share your photos and videos via GuardianWitness.
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UN Climate Summit/March Blogathon
September 19-23, 2014
World leaders representing nations, industry and civil society are convening in New York City for the historic September 23 UN Climate Summit. The summit, announced by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon last September, is designed to bring all parties to the table to facilitate the 2015 UNFCCC passage of a global treaty to dramatically reduce global warming.
In what is being called a “movement of movements” moment, hundreds of thousands of marchers are expected at the NYC People's Climate March on Sunday, September 21. Other huge marches are occurring around the world, demanding what we all know is within reach: a world with an economy that works for people and the planet; a world safe from the ravages of climate change; a world recognizing the need for climate justice; a world with good jobs, clean air and water, and healthy communities.
Please join us for a blogathon September 19-23 in a campaign to inspire people to take to the streets and to tell the story of why climate change is the defining issue of our time that can no longer wait to be addressed in earnest.
From ClimateBrad: I'm excited to announce that I will providing livestreamed, on-the-ground coverage of the People's Climate March this Sunday and at follow-up actions in the days ahead at PeoplesClimate.tv.
To see the September 21 Climate March routes and sign up, click here. To find an event in your region, click here. To learn more about the UN Climate Summit 2014, click here. The complete guest list of diarists is in this diary by rb137. All blogathon diaries here.
Our Daily Kos community organizers are Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, boatsie, rb137, JekyllnHyde, citisven, peregrine kate, John Crapper, Aji, Kitsap River, Dont Just Sit There DO SOMETHING, and jarbelaez. Photograph/Graphic credit: Facebook - People's Climate March.
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