50 years ago last month my dad, the local vicar, stood in front of a bulldozer on the edge of Durham city to stop it clearing a site on Flass Vale a bit of urban wilderness. This sparked a local campaign to stop the development and included a mass picnic which hundreds attended. Flass Vale … Continue reading Actions not Words, the Sacramental Signs of Civil Disobedience
CCA are helping to create Unite to Survive South West - Sat 28th Oct in Bath XR South West are organising a family-friendly gathering in Victoria Park, Bath, with workshops, speakers, performers and activities for all. They have invited all nature, climate and social justice groups to join in. CCA Bristol and CCA members from … Continue reading South West Unite To Survive
Throughout history, pilgrimage has been an important component alongside non-violent direct action protest in creating change. And it is a practice we often draw along in Christian Climate Action. This weekend (9th and 10th September) we are holding 13 climate pilgrimages across the UK. The pilgrimage locations are Brighton, Bristol, Durham, Epsom, Glasgow, Newbury, Merseyside, … Continue reading Climate Pilgrimages
Barclays is the biggest funder of fossil fuels in Europe. If we donate to a charity that banks with Barclay’s, our money is channelled into fossil fuel expansion. When a charity chooses Barclays, this also gives Barclay’s social licence and political influence, as it is presenting itself as a bank associated with positive causes – … Continue reading Barclays letter writing evening
This year Christian Climate Action are going to be at the National Trust AGM. This is because The National Trust is a charity that banks with Barclays. Barclays is the biggest funder of fossil fuels in Europe. If we donate to a charity that banks with Barclay’s, our money is channelled into fossil fuel expansion. … Continue reading Join us at the National Trust AGM
When? Saturday 18th November, meeting at 9:20am Where? Eastbourne, St Johns (Meads) Church, St Johns Road, Eastbourne, BN21 7ND The 18th November is Chichester Diocese Synod, where they will be debating fossil fuel divestment. They are one of the few CofE diocese still investing in fossil fuels - with the vast majority of CofE diocese … Continue reading Vigil at Chichester Synod – Praying for Divestment
When? Wednesday 6th September, 8am - 9am, Where? London, vigil outside Shell HQ, 16 Milner Place, Waterloo SE1 7NA Shell has known about the devastating effects of burning fossil fuels since the 1980s. Despite this, it continues to expand it's oil and gas projects with full force. To add insult to injury, Shell also insists … Continue reading Weekly Vigil Outside Shell HQ
Photo Credit: Hoon Seong In January 2023 Quaker environmental activist Dr Teo Hoon Seong arranged a talk for CCA, by Sarawak activists, about the felling of the Borneo rainforest and the part that the UK plays in this destruction, following which we joined them in London in a solidarity action. These indigenous activists are still … Continue reading CLIMATE JUSTICE: SUPPORTING SARAWAK INDIGENOUS ACTIVISTS – UPDATE
We will be at the Greenbelt Festival this August Bank Holiday weekend. If you are there, come and talk to us about how you can get involved in our upcoming actions or more generally: Drop by to say hello and stay for a chat on Thursday 24th between 6 and 8pm when we will be … Continue reading CCA at the Greenbelt Festival
In October, Big Oil will descend on London for their huge Oil & Money Conference. And in conjunction with Fossil Free London and other groups, CCA will be there to rise up against them. Join us as we take our faith on to the streets to say no more to the fossil fuel companies, financiers … Continue reading OILY MONEY OUT
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