step it up

Of the 1435 events scheduled under the national climate change rally spearheaded by author Bill McKibben, 15 took place in Alaska. (1435 divided by 50 is about 29.) There was a walk along a coastal trail in the state's biggest city, Anchorage, and an Earth Day planning event in Sitka, a Southeast fishing town. In Barrow, the farthest north city in the US, there was a walk dedicated to keeping the polar ice pack frozen.
It rained in Juneau, where a photo was scheduled at the local glacier. I only made it to the downtown event, where a state lawmaker brought up the polar bear listing and talked about a moral obligation . . .