Planetwalker Joins DE Journey

“How to change your world one step at a time,” is the subtitle to Planetwalker, a book by Dr. John Francis.


John, has called Point Reyes, California home for the past 25 years but more often than not, he has been on foot travelling the country on an environmental odyssey that has proven positively infectious to all he meets. I had the pleasure of spending the last day of October with him and his young son, Samuel, to discuss his plans for his next journey. He explained that both a foot trip from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania beginning on Earth Day and a canoe journey beginning in late June in Alaska with many indigenous tribes that will end in St. Mary’s in August will highlight next year’s adventures. His message is one of dialog, communication, and reaching out to all our communities to recognize our mutual responsibilities for stewardship of the planet’s resources and love of our fellow citizens. He is committed to engaging the Digital Earth technologies to enable others to follow his travels and hopes that this will lead to improved inter-community communications and knowledge sharing as we all cope with the coming global change challenges. Hollywood has started work on a movie about his life and experiences derived from his book. We are thrilled to have Dr. John Francis join the Digital Earth team to help us chart a better path for the application of Digital Earth technology and community vision.