An Energy Exodus is on its way to Cape Cod and it’s hoping to leave coal and gas drowned in the sea.

On Thursday, Aug. 29 more than 30 protesters marched through Mattapoisett and Marion carrying a message of clean energy.

The marchers, calling themselves the Energy Exodus, were a combination of staff and volunteers from the nonprofits Better Future Project and 350 Massachusetts as well as Students for a Just and Stable Future.

“We’re trying to send the message that we want to say no to coal and gas and to fossil fuels and say yes to renewable energy,” said Vrshini Prakash, a UMass Amherst student and intern with 350 Massachusetts.

The six-day march began on Wednesday morning in Fall River near the Brayton Point coal and gas power plant. The group walked towards Barnstable to rally for the Cape Wind Project.

The approved offshore wind energy farm would be America’s first, but Prakash said the controversial project has been waylaid for more than 10 years.

“It’s been caught up in litigation because certain fossil fuel billionaires…have been funneling thousands to millions of dollars into stopping this project from happening through frivolous lawsuits,” she said.

With their more than 60-mile trek, the group wanted to educate people about the project as well as to promote sustainable communities, green jobs, and encourage local agriculture.

In Mattapoisett, the Energy Exodus a stopped at the health food store and café, How on Earth.

“We’re trying our best to put some money into the local economy as we go through to support local farms and local food and local people,” Prakash explained.

Walking 10 to 12 miles a day was a good pace for the group, said Prakash.

“The group has been wonderful,” she said. “There’s generally just a very positive vibe coming off of the marchers, which I don’t see deteriorating at all.”

The activists continued on Route 6 to Marion where they had accommodations at St. Gabriel’s Church and held a food symposium at the Marion Institute.

Brooke Syvertsen, the institute’s Connecting for Change conference manager, greeted marchers as they arrived around 6:30 p.m.

The conference, set for October, is the institute’s premier event and brings together leaders on the environment, social justice, and health and healing to focus on sustainability, food and farming, and many other areas.

Syvertsen said the march’s green energy message aligned with institute principles.

“Food, health, sustainability – all of these areas intersect with clean energy,” she said. “That’s why we are happy to have the march come here.”

At the symposium, the group cooked a community dinner using only local ingredients. Shira Rascoe, of Tufts University, said about 70 people attended the event, which included music and a presentation from a local farmer.

“Basically, we need to make the transition to clean energy from where we are to where we want to be,” she said.

An event organizer, Rascoe said she expected more people to join the march as they neared Barnstable, especially during the last four miles on Monday. For more information, visit energyexodus.org.