Bow, NH — After blockading the railroad tracks that bring coal to the power plant in Bow for over twenty-four hours, a group of New England Quakers and fellow travelers gathered in prayer Sunday afternoon before breaking down their encampment around 2pm. The group was part of a pilgrimage that journeyed over 60 miles by […]
BOW — A group of New England Quakers ended their rail blockade at the Merrimack Station coal-burning power plant on Sunday, after holding a protest on the site for more than 24 hours. More than a dozen from the group spent the night Saturday. They dismantled the encampment and makeshift blockade on Sunday afternoon. [Read […]
Dear Friends, Greetings from the tracks at Bow. We can’t adequately express our gratitude for the love and support that have nourished us physically and spiritually this past week. And for those of you who joined us in any amount of walking in the past week. We are writing now to invite you to the […]
Television news coverage of the Climate Pilgrimage from WMUR. Transcript summary BOW, N.H. — A group of mostly Quakers walked for seven days from Portsmouth’s Schiller power station to Merrimack Station in Bow to demonstrate against burning coal for energy. The station is the last coal-burning power plant in New England without a shutdown date. […]
Quaker-led environmental activists march on Merrimack Station By LUCAS MASIN-MOYER Monitor staff Saturday, July 15, 2017 On the seventh day of the Quaker-led “Climate Pilgrimage” across southern New Hampshire, the participants, who were marching for environmental preservation, sat down and rested. They sat down right in the middle of train tracks leading into Merrimack Station […]
Quakers go on 60-mile pilgrimage from Portsmouth to Bow in protest of coal-fired plants By SHAWNE K. WICKHAM New Hampshire Sunday News Peter Blood was thinking about his grandfather last week as he walked across the state as part of a “climate pilgrimage” organized by New England Quakers… [Read more]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2017 WEEK-LONG CLIMATE PILGRIMAGE BETWEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE COAL PLANTS ENDS WITH WORSHIP AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AT BOW PLANT Contact: Katherine Fisher 781-710-8798 kath.fisher@gmail.com John Humphries 860-216-7972 Bow, NH – After a week of walking, a group of New England Quakers and fellow travelers concluded a sixty mile pilgrimage between New […]
On the pilgrimage we average about 20 people walking each day. About 16 spend the night. We have gotten very used to eating in church basements and in sleeping on the carpets in church sanctuaries. We who’ve been on the road for 5 days walking to Bow coal plant. Each time we reach the church […]
Friend Honor Woodrow, member of Framingham Monthly Meeting, wrote the following reflection at the end of Day 5 of our Climate Pilgrimage in Manchester, New Hampshire. It rained this morning… and after walking 30 miles in three days (which I confess I thought didn’t sound “too daunting”) my feet hurt, my legs were sore, I […]
The following letter was sent to Bow plant officials July 5. July 5, 2017 Dear Officers at the Merrimack Station, We write to you to let you know of our planned religious pilgrimage through New Hampshire next week, and inviting you to join us at 10AM on Saturday July 15th for a worship service in […]
By Dave Eisenstader, July 7, 2017 A religious pilgrimage is taking place to oppose fossil fuel use in New England. Members of the New England Yearly Meeting, a group made up of Quakers from the six New England states, plan to walk 60 to 70 miles the week of July 9 from Schiller Station power […]
Twenty-five pilgrims worshipped at Schiller Power Plant in Portsmouth, NH at the start of our pilgrimage. Near a quaking aspen tree, and near the Piscataway River we sat under strong sun on the grass. We had a few messages interwoven with bird song. great excitement built as we walked over 9 miles to Dover Friends […]
Who is organizing the climate pilgrimage for transformation? Our group of six Quakers includes Wendy, Peter, Minga, Meg, John, Jay and Brian. We live across New England- we come from NH, ME, VT, CT and MA. We are a mix of ages and sexes. We are all passionate at living our lives by listening to […]
I walk across New Hampshire to build my moral fiber. I walk because Quakers walk cheerfully over the earth, not just walk to Meeting. I walk in communion with f/Friends and this hallowed ground. I walk to learn how to live faithfully, because currently my lifestyle denies climate change. I walk to shut down these […]