“I feel like now is the moment to speak to some of the issues we’ve been raising in our individual communities, and have them all addressed through climate justice. I wanted to come and help frontline communities and other groups raise this message because now is the time for that kind of change.”

“This is unlike anything which has gone before. Nothing has felt as diverse, bringing together different actors to treat climate as a social issue, and take it out of the environmental silo. I think what we’re going to see on the streets on Sunday is the new face of the climate movement.”

“I have come all the way from Hawaii, a Pacific island state, to represent those out in the Pacific who are going to drown unless we get the climate under control. I am here saying we have to do better as citizens of the globe, to treat our little home planet better and put pressure on our politicians to enact legislation which will protect what we have left and force us to do the things we know we need to do to preserve our home.”

“I’m here to learn about this issue, and I hope that by learning about it I can help to make the world better, somehow.”

“I’m here because we’re trying to save your silly country from itself and Stephen Harper, while we still can.”

It’s about empowering people, and that means showing up. I feel there’s strength in numbers, and that if we want to deliver a message, this is the way.”

“We’re just taking our directions from the honey bee, and letting the honey bees take us to Monsanto so that we can take those Monsanto executives who are visiting Bill Clinton this weekend and seduce them, change them, send them back to their mommas.”

“We need to treat our planet differently in order for human existence to continue on this planet. We need this fight towards sustainability to come from the community, from human beings, not corporations.”

“I’m not under the illusion that a march is going to stop climate change, but I am well aware that all of the most successful and powerful social movements which have created transformative change in our recent history have all included massive marches… I hope that this is a launching point, a catalyst which makes this movement realize how powerful we are and how united we are. Lasting and systemic change cannot come from the top down, politicians and scientists are not going to save us. Change is going to come from people power, from the bottom up and hopefully this is a spark which can galvanize this movement.”

“I’m here to fight for climate justice resiliency. Resiliency being better evacuation plans, improved infrastructure, and a greener community. That’s what brings me to the march.”

“I’m here because I care about people, and because the momentum is here and the people are rising.”

“We’re tired of the system poisoning our earth. Summers are getting worse, winters are getting worse. We need to do something.”