John Francis
the "Planetwalker". In Point Reyes Station we met an extraordinary person. By chance we got
a newspaper
report
about a man, who walks around the world.
More than 20 years ago John Francis started to walk for social change across America.
Inspired by a collision of two oil tanker in the Bay of San Francisco
and an unexpected death of a friend he decided not to use motorized vehicles.
Not to argue with everybody about his reasons he started not to speak for
one day. One day turned into one week, one month and finally into 17 years. In that time
he earned a Bachelor degree, a Masters, a Ph.D. and taught in high schools. Now he is a famous specialist
and gets invitations from all over the world. Europe he still didn't visit because he
wanted to do it non motorized, which means by sail boat.
From the Newspaper I got the contact and so we met in Point Reyes Station. I was deeply impressed by
the things he learned about the people not speaking to them. Also learning much about himself without arguing
and speaking with other people was for me an unexpected experience.
He made me thinking about my own behavior and it was a great honor to speak with him. (ma)
The website of the Planetwalker with a lot of 9information about his activities
you can find at www.planetwalk.org.
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