The March to ReEnergize Iowa is under way and making quite a splash. Yesterday we had 50 people in Ames for our event kickoff to start the March. You may have seen us yesterday in the Des Moines Register, on the front pages of the Ames Tribune and Cityview or as the lead feature on Fox news at 9 PM.

The people marching with us are truly amazing. Yesterday we walked with Ben, an exchange student from China who marched all day yesterday despite the final exam he has today and will be back out tomorrow, with Randy, who runs a campus minstry at ISU that has been working to promote sustainability, and with scores of others. From pre-school through retirement our marchers come from a diverse background and the more the merrier!

Our lunch stop yesterday was touching. Black's Heritage Farm is several generations deep in family agriculture. Along with the best sweet corn I have ever had, the Blacks grow ahost of unconventional crops and are dedicated to sustainable farming and to stoping global warming. Over our meal, their pastor lead us in thoughts about how we can steward the earth.

With today's energy efficiency project in Alleman, coverage is expected to stay steady through the final Rally on Sunday. And this is all happening on weekdays. We expect tomorrow to be our biggest day yet.