Earth Equity News

Ten-Day Walk Honors a Drying River in Georgia and Florida. By Alice Gordon, IPS, June 13, 2008. "Native Americans and others completed a 10-day Walk for the Water last week along the Chattahoochee River, which some estimates say will dry up completely by 2025 due to pressure from the rapidly growing city of Atlanta. The journey is part of a movement conceived of by Robertjohn Knapp, of Talabalaba Sioux lineage, in 1988 to raise awareness of humanity to care for the environment. Mohawk, Shoshone, Dine, Cherokee, Creek, and about 15 other tribes were also represented. 'We no longer give thanks for anything,' Knapp said. 'This is what this is about... Wacaires (wah-kah-res) is a word that we have created to mean doing something to show you care individually or in a group... Love is caring for something. To love the Earth you have to care for it.' The Chattahoochee River begins in the mountains of northeast Georgia, running southwest past Atlanta and through its suburbs, then down into Florida."