SeaChange
160 Miles in Human Powered Vessels in 2 Weeks.
A Climate Justice Flotilla.
A fleet of full-scale paper boats on the Hudson River, charting a course from upstate New York to New York City in a convergence of art and activism to coincide with the meeting of world leaders at the United Nations Climate Summit.
After two weeks on the Hudson, the seachange climate justice flotilla is home for a series of on-the-water events and discussions in the lead up to the People’s Climate March.
SeaChange Events at the Floating Library, NYC:
Wednesday, September 17 -> SeaChange Presents “We All Live DownStream” Roundtables: Water and Climate Conversations at the Floating Library (The Lilac, Pier 25, NYC)
More information at floatinglibrary.org
Thursday, September 18 -> SeaChange Office Hours at the Floating Library and Roundtable: Making it Happen (The Lilac, Pier 25, NYC)
More information at floatinglibrary.org
Friday, September 19 -> Disembarkment Ceremony at the Floating Library (The Lilac, Pier 25, NYC).
More information at floatinglibrary.org
Climate Convergence Weekend
Saturday, September 20 -> Water Ceremony and Boat Bloc
Water Ceremony at 10 AM at the Lilac, Pier 25, NYC, then follow the Boat Bloc up the East River for an on-the-water rally at 2 PM. Bring your sailboat/solarboat.
More information here.
Sunday, September 21 -> People’s Climate March
More information at peoplesclimate.org/march
We are living in extraordinary times. This is a moment in human history in which the numerous crises – climate, energy, biodiversity, socio-economic, political and cultural – are converging, and literally every living being on the planet feels the effects. All over North America, communities are organizing to prevent further extraction and transport of fossil fuels such as fracked Bakken crude gas or toxic Tar Sands oil; understanding that their local struggle is part of a global fight to respond and adapt to runaway climate change, to control all our own future and to build the resilient world we wish to see. The climate crisis offers a unique opportunity for radical societal change and a way to ground communities in deeper relationships to each other and to our Earth. All over the world, people are organizing locally, together, to achieve this: One Struggle, Many Fronts; Many Struggles, One Front. SeaChange: We All Live Downstream.