state of the meerkat, weekend edition
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lagilmanSaturday was...well, a basic Saturday. Went to the Greenmarket. Wrote some words. Wrote some more words. Hung out on the sofa with cats and a book someone else wrote. Generally counted and polished spoons, because Sunday....
Well, Sunday. Sunday was the People's Climate March. In NYC, in Amsterdam, in London, in Paris, in Istanbul, in Melbourne, in Bogota, in Rio, in Delhi...
In NYC, we were 310,000 strong, according to the official count. [I just saw an updated count of 400K!] Six hours and about six miles, start to finish, and they had to cut the march short by a mile, because otherwise we'd still be marching, there were THAT many people filling the streets.
I marched with the faith-based group section, joining my sister and her fellow Buddhists -and a lot of Jews, Quakers, Pagans, UUers, Episcopalians, Baha'i-ers, and other groups who weren't actually cheek-and-jowl with us. And there were drummers and bell-ringers, and at least one saxophone and two flutes, and maracas, and a lot of dancing...
And now, having refilled myself with water and protein and not-low-fat carbs, Imma gonna collapse until Monday knocks on the door.
(members of ALL the faith-based groups sharing space on the Ark)
(support along the way...)
(my favorite sign from our particular grouping - "Embody Fierce Compassion")
(my second-favorite sign)
(getting ready to march)
(two hours before the march started, our staging area was already crowded)
If you couldn’t take part in one of the People’s Climate Marches today, but want your voice to be heard…speak up now.
Well, Sunday. Sunday was the People's Climate March. In NYC, in Amsterdam, in London, in Paris, in Istanbul, in Melbourne, in Bogota, in Rio, in Delhi...
In NYC, we were 310,000 strong, according to the official count. [I just saw an updated count of 400K!] Six hours and about six miles, start to finish, and they had to cut the march short by a mile, because otherwise we'd still be marching, there were THAT many people filling the streets.
I marched with the faith-based group section, joining my sister and her fellow Buddhists -and a lot of Jews, Quakers, Pagans, UUers, Episcopalians, Baha'i-ers, and other groups who weren't actually cheek-and-jowl with us. And there were drummers and bell-ringers, and at least one saxophone and two flutes, and maracas, and a lot of dancing...
And now, having refilled myself with water and protein and not-low-fat carbs, Imma gonna collapse until Monday knocks on the door.
(members of ALL the faith-based groups sharing space on the Ark)
(support along the way...)
(my favorite sign from our particular grouping - "Embody Fierce Compassion")
(my second-favorite sign)
(getting ready to march)
(two hours before the march started, our staging area was already crowded)
If you couldn’t take part in one of the People’s Climate Marches today, but want your voice to be heard…speak up now.
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Date: 2014-09-22 12:04 pm (UTC)[unrelatedly but a great story: wooden sign-sticks were banned from the match, as per usual NYPD regs - and rightfully so, I don't blame them - but the Quakers' sign appeared to be held up with PVC piping. Sayeth me: "not even the NYPD worries about Quakers getting unruly and cracking heads...."]