“Global Warming Threatens All Our Homes” and “Global Warming Endangers All Our Families” read signs we carried while parading with the Backyard Growers, Cape Ann Farmers’ Market, the Ukeladies and many friends in the Fishtown Horribles Parade—the annual Independence Day Eve celebration in Gloucester, Massachusetts—on July 3, 2016. (Photos by Greg Cook)

Bubbles and jellyfish in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Bubbles and jellyfish in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Mermaids in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Mermaids in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
"Global warming threatens all our homes." "Grow your own food." "Keep fossil fuels in the ground." (Greg Cook)
“Global warming threatens all our homes.” “Grow your own food.” “Keep fossil fuels in the ground.” (Greg Cook)
The Ukeladies perform in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
The Ukeladies perform in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Handing out free carrots to the crowd at the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Handing out free carrots to the crowd at the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
"Happiness is a tiny carbon footprint." (Greg Cook)
“Happiness is a tiny carbon footprint.” (Greg Cook)
"No more drilling oil anywhere. It is bad!" "Save our oceans. Stop global warming." (Greg Cook)
“No more drilling oil anywhere. It is bad!” “Save our oceans. Stop global warming.” (Greg Cook)
Promoting the Cape Ann Farmers' Market in a pickup freshly painted by Danny Diamond in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Promoting the Cape Ann Farmers’ Market in a pickup freshly painted by Danny Diamond in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
"Save our lobster fishery! Stop burning fossil fuel" guy sneaks into Ghostbusters group. (Greg Cook)
“Save our lobster fishery! Stop burning fossil fuel” guy sneaks into Ghostbusters group. (Greg Cook)
Sea turtle and blue lobster in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Sea turtle and blue lobster in the Gloucester Horribles Parade, July 3, 2016. (Greg Cook)
Sad polar bears. (Greg Cook)
Sad polar bears. (Greg Cook)