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Walkers and runners participating in the Longest Walk 2 trickled through Fowler Monday as the group entered its seventh week of a coast to coast journey.
The trip began in San Francisco on Alcatraz Island and is slated to end July 11 in Washington D.C.
Participants are walking in support of Native American rights and in commemoration of the original Longest Walk which took place in 1978 and resulted in historic legislative changes for Native Americans.
This Walk, thirty years later, has the added facet of environmentalism as walkers strive to promote protection of the environment and sacred sites.
Occurring simultaneously with the Walk is the Clean Up Mother Earth Campaign. Walkers are carrying trash bags with them, picking up debris along the highway. The trash is separated and recycled and the goal is to leave a healthy trail of earth in their path.
Traveling ahead of the walkers is Brenda Norrell and Govinda Dalton who are documenting the journey at www.earthcycles.net. The two are traveling in a converted bus that utilizes solar and wind energy. The bus is also equipped with a wood-burning stove used for heat when camping.
Dalton broadcasts live daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pacific Time, updating listeners of the walkers’ location. Dalton also interviews local guests about environmental and political concerns specific to their communities. As the group has moved into Colorado, Pinion Canyon is a popular discussion topic.
Monday while the group journeyed through Fowler, Town Administrator Wayne Snider, Mayor Ray Wards and Rich Jensen, local farmer, were guests on Dalton’s radio show. The group discussed Fowler’s move to using more alternative energy, the importance of agriculture in the Arkansas Valley, and the future of small communities in general. The show will be archived and available on the homepage at www.earthcycles.net. While there people can also read Norrell’s journal and view pictures from the trip.
By Monday evening most of the walkers and runners had passed through Fowler and were nearing La Junta. Dalton and Norrell camped at Bushy’s Blue Sky Motel and a few of the travelers took advantage of Wards offer of a room and shower.
More information about the Longest Walk 2 and a map of the journey can be found at www.longestwalk.org.
Walkers and runners participating in the Longest Walk 2 trickled through Fowler Monday as the group entered its seventh week of a coast to coast journey.
The trip began in San Francisco on Alcatraz Island and is slated to end July 11 in Washington D.C.
Participants are walking in support of Native American rights and in commemoration of the original Longest Walk which took place in 1978 and resulted in historic legislative changes for Native Americans.
This Walk, thirty years later, has the added facet of environmentalism as walkers strive to promote protection of the environment and sacred sites.
Occurring simultaneously with the Walk is the Clean Up Mother Earth Campaign. Walkers are carrying trash bags with them, picking up debris along the highway. The trash is separated and recycled and the goal is to leave a healthy trail of earth in their path.
Traveling ahead of the walkers is Brenda Norrell and Govinda Dalton who are documenting the journey at www.earthcycles.net. The two are traveling in a converted bus that utilizes solar and wind energy. The bus is also equipped with a wood-burning stove used for heat when camping.
Dalton broadcasts live daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pacific Time, updating listeners of the walkers’ location. Dalton also interviews local guests about environmental and political concerns specific to their communities. As the group has moved into Colorado, Pinion Canyon is a popular discussion topic.
Monday while the group journeyed through Fowler, Town Administrator Wayne Snider, Mayor Ray Wards and Rich Jensen, local farmer, were guests on Dalton’s radio show. The group discussed Fowler’s move to using more alternative energy, the importance of agriculture in the Arkansas Valley, and the future of small communities in general. The show will be archived and available on the homepage at www.earthcycles.net. While there people can also read Norrell’s journal and view pictures from the trip.
By Monday evening most of the walkers and runners had passed through Fowler and were nearing La Junta. Dalton and Norrell camped at Bushy’s Blue Sky Motel and a few of the travelers took advantage of Wards offer of a room and shower.
More information about the Longest Walk 2 and a map of the journey can be found at www.longestwalk.org.
