2024-05-07T14:36:44Z https://mypeace.tv/video/video/listTagged?tag=PlanetWalker&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:mypeace.tv,2010-08-05:1992146:Video:121968 2010-08-05T22:19:02.450Z MyPeace Media https://mypeace.tv/profile/Team

<a href="https://mypeace.tv/video/john-francis-i-walk-the-earth"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2178620767?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>"John Francis (born 1946) is an American environmentalist nicknamed the planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia, the son of a West Indian immigrant, he moved to Marin County, California as a young man. After witnessing the devastation caused by a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he stopped riding in motorized vehicles, a vow which lasted 22 years from 1972 until 1994. From 1973 until 1990,…

<a href="https://mypeace.tv/video/john-francis-i-walk-the-earth"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2178620767?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />"John Francis (born 1946) is an American environmentalist nicknamed the planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia, the son of a West Indian immigrant, he moved to Marin County, California as a young man. After witnessing the devastation caused by a 1971 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he stopped riding in motorized vehicles, a vow which lasted 22 years from 1972 until 1994. From 1973 until 1990, he also spent 17 years voluntarily silent. During this time he earned a Ph.D. in land management and traveled extensively, walking across the entire width of the lower 48 states of the USA as well as walking to South America."<br /> <br /> Video shared by <a href="http://Ted.com">http://Ted.com</a><br /> <br /> Learn more about John and his work at <a href="http://PlanetWalker.org">http://PlanetWalker.org</a>