CAMDEN — Charles Chandler departed his hometown of Fort Bragg, Calif., on April 12 on a 12,000-mile bicycle journey around the country to raise awareness of global warming and the dangers of sea levels rising because of it. His goal is to ride back into Fort Bragg in the spring of 2015, but he has a lot of things he wants to do along the way.

Chandler is riding to educate people about the need for climate change action.

"Before, I would just talk to people about the issue, but now I realize I need to do more so I am on this journey to reach out to more people and to participate in a march in New York City next month," said Chandler.

Chandler made a stop for a few hours in Camden Aug.22, and held up signs while standing along the Village Green at the corner of Chestnut Street and Route 1.

Laid out along the sidewalk, on the grass, were his "10 Plates" outlining the many issues involved and the many solutions he believes need to be undertaken locally and globally to stop earth's warming.

Chandler is also raising funds for climateride.org and 350.org on this year-long trek, with a goal to be in New York City in September to join the People's Climate March.

"I need to average 39 miles per day," said Chandler. "After I get to New York, I can slow down my pace."

Chandler had already traveled up to Bar Harbor before heading back down and stopping in Camden, and last week he was continuing the trek through the southern Midcoast.

On his website, greenrider.org, Chandler has a included a link to his nine-page paper he titled An Activist's Guide to the Climate Crisis.

"I have written down my solution, the action we should take to solve the crisis," said Chandler. "I have found a lot of people don't know much about climate change. They've never taken the time to read up on it. So I am taking time to try and educate people."

Chandler said last week that he thinks he knows what actions the U.S. government needs to take to solve the problem.

"I have written it all down. It's theoretical, but it's what I would do if I were king and I didn't have any more advisers to tell me otherwise," said Chandler. "The alternative is what I call the dead-end condition. This is when there is no land ice on the planet. Probably the seas will be dead by then and the sea levels will rise 250 feet above the current levels and I don't think that we will be around then."

But it's not all doom and gloom. Chandler said there is still time to make qualitative changes.

"Soon, we're going to reach the point of no return, where we can't do anything to stop it, and that's why I say, 'Now' on my sign," said Chandler.

To read more about Chandler's vision and solutions, visit greenrider.org.