Sample score for an hour-long trail walk/move:
1. Choose a special or sacred place to walk/move together.
2. Begin by acknowledging the Indigenous People on whose land we walk-move.
3. Visit with each other and catch up on your lives (20-30 minutes).
4. Decide how you’d like to walk in silence (e.g. as slowly as you can, one person with eyes closed, etc.) Walk in silence for a few minutes.
5. Reflect on the questions below (during the walk or soon afterwards):
a. What did you hear or sense or feel?
b. Did you notice changes since the last time you walked here?
c. What are your hopes for the future of this Land? What feelings arise with this question?
d. What do you need to prepare for climate catastrophe? What does our community need?
e. How do you think you can help others prepare for climate catastrophe?
f. Can our community offer gifts or help to victims of environmental and climate injustice?
Sample score for a town walk:
1. Choose a place to walk/move together, a path or road you travel daily.
2. Begin by acknowledging the Indigenous People on whose land we walk/move.
3. Before you walk/move, learn what you can about the history of the place.
4. Go for a walk/move. Visit with, catch up on your lives (15-10 minutes).
5. Listen to a recording of an Indigenous story of this Land; or an immigrant story.
6. Decide how you’d like to walk in silence (e.g. as slowly as you can, one person with eyes closed, etc.) Walk in silence for 10 minutes.
7. Reflect on the questions below (during the walk or soon afterwards):
a. What did you hear or sense?
b. How did listening to the stories land in your body?
c. What are your hopes for the future of this Land? What feelings arise with this question?
d. What do you need to prepare for climate catastrophe? What does our community need?
e. How do you think you can help others prepare for climate catastrophe?
f. Can our community offer gifts or help to victims of environmental and climate injustice?
This project is part of JuPong Lin’s dissertation research undertaken in pursuit of the Environmental Studies PhD at Antioch University New England.