Here is a flyer which summarizes the events of the day. Click on it to get the full-scale version:
Flyer for Moving Planet Day
Bicycle riders started at the Mt. Tom coal plant on Route 5 at 10:45, with a police escort, and ended up at the Amherst Town Common (north end) by 12:30. There were places along the route where bikers joined in, partway (Sheldon Field in Northampton, and behind Whole Foods in Hadley.) Details of the route are here.
Walkers started at 11:30 at the U Mass horse farm, at North Maple Street and Rocky Hill Road in Hadley, and arrived at the Amherst Common at 12:30, just like the bikers.
Bikers, hikers, and others gathered at the Amherst Common (North End) at 12:30 where there were informational displays, singing by the Raging Grannies, a chant, a song, and a little oratory.
Why did this happen? Because this event was one of many organized all across the globe (see http://www.moving-planet.org/) in order to draw attention to the urgent need to stop pouring Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere, and reduce the level to 350 parts per million, (we are at 391 now) to save the planet from the consequences of global warming.
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