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Earth Day Celebration – Walk in the Footsteps of Thoreau Shared From Cooler Concord

Earth Day Celebration – Walk in the Footsteps of Thoreau <span class="mmes-shared-tag">Shared From Cooler Concord</span>

Date

April 26, 2026 • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Organizer

Cooler Concord

In Person Event

Location

Lincoln and Concord MA

Celebrate Earth Day on Sunday the 26th with a walk to Walden Pond.

Multiple groups starting from Concord and Lincoln will converge at the Thoreau Cabin Site to celebrate the natural world and renew our commitment to protect it. A simple meet-up with music, inspiring words, and sharing of wishes & commitments.

Meet at First Parish in Concord Center or St Anne’s Church in Lincoln at 2pm, arriving by 3pm to the cabin site after a 2 mile walk.  Alternatively, you can park at the Walden Pond visitor center, and have a very short walk to the cabin site.  There will be carpools returning to the starting point for those who would prefer.

Featuring short talks by:

  • Richard Smith – Concord public historian and Thoreau scholar – on Walden
  • Sabine von Mering – environmental activist, Brandeis professor – on Civil Disobedience
  • Thea Iberall – Jewish Climate Action Network – eco-poetry
  • Peter Alden – naturalist – on nature in Thoreau and our time
  • Roger Rosen – guitarist, folk singer – leading us in song

For more information or to get involved with the planning contact Brad Hubbard-Nelson or Alex Chatfield.