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" Wow, what a day! I satisfied my inner hippie. I was one of close to 100,000 people at the largest ever march for climate justice. I&amp;#039;ve never been part of a march before. I&amp;#039;ve walked for Cancer research with Light the Night. I&amp;#039;ve even run as part of Girls on the Run, a self-esteem building program for young girls. I&amp;#039;ve read about famous marches in history class. But, I&amp;#039;ve never actually laced up my sneakers, grabbed a sign, and marched. What the heck was I marching for? Climate justice? I thought we were talking about global warming here. . . . Well, the whole thing seems pretty unfair, right? Lots of old people have made lots of decisions over lots of years that have gotten us into a pretty big environmental mess. That&amp;#039;s not fair. Also, big developed countries like the US use up most of the resources and cause most of the carbon emissions but it&amp;#039;s the little guys like our old friends in Tuvalu that suffer most of the consequences. Also, not fair. And what about the polar bears and walruses whose homes are melting under their feet - er, fins? What the heck do walruses have? Regardless, not fair. So we marched. And marched. And danced a little. And marched some more. The whole lot of us carried our signs and marched   through the streets for 2 hours. There were different groups shouting different slogans. &amp;quot;Planet first. People first.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;We deserve a real deal.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I say climate. You say justice. Climate. Justice.&amp;quot; And so on. But, everybody was marching for the same reasons; a fair solution to the mess we&amp;#039;re in, consideration of our futures, consideration of all living things. After the march I listened to Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, speak. He talked about all of the famous marches I read about in history class and then he spoke about the march I just completed. I realized that, hey, maybe some day my march will end up in somebody&amp;#039;s history book. That&amp;#039;s pretty powerful. So, get out there and Do Something! If you have a cause or 10 that you really care about lace up your sneakers, grab your friends, and take action. Ready to go? Start a Do Something Club in your school or community. You can take action all year long with the support of DoSomething.org and thousands of teens across the country. Visit www.dosomething.org/clubs to find out how. -Melanie, the guest writer for this blog, works for dosomething.org. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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