In 2013, six Cree youth from Whapmagoostui walked 1,600 km to Ottawa as part of the Idle No More movement to support Chief Theresa Spence and Indigenous rights. Joined by others along the way, they were celebrated as symbols of Indigenous resilience and unity.

The Dakota Commemorative Walk honors 1,700 Dakota women, children, and elders forcibly marched to Fort Snelling in 1862. Led by Lower Sioux women, the spiritual walk retraces this route through ceremony, prayer, and collective remembrance.

In 2019–2021, Kate Green walked the Watershed Line of the Elan and Claerwen rivers in Mid-Wales, photographing each concrete post along the 72 sq. mile catchment that supplies Birmingham’s water, creating songs and works inspired by the landscape and aqueduct.

Plantón Móvil is a yearly participatory “walking forest” performance that creates new green spaces. Blending the meanings of “sapling” and “sit-in,” it imagines plants marching through the city to demand respect, inspired by Lima’s mistreated urban trees.

In summer 2008, the Mycological Association of Toronto explored Markham's Chinese supermarkets and medicinal shops for fungi, guided by field guides. The foray was repeated in 2010 in NYC with the New York Mycological Society.

Goldenrod Transect is a durational performance in which the artist carries a giant soft goldenrod sculpture along the High Line, inviting public interaction and sharing lessons from the many insect species that inhabit the plant.

Walking the Edge invited NYC residents to explore and reimagine 520 miles of shoreline through solo or virtual walks, using artist-led prompts to inspire ideas for the future waterfront and inform the city’s Comprehensive Waterfront Plan.