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
The UK is hosting one of the world’s largest arms fairs at the ExCel in London next month Military emissions fuel climate change, accounting for 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a 2022 estimate by international experts. War devastates biodiversity and destroys ecosystems including Iraq’s wetlands and Afghanistan’s forests Weapons of war make … Continue reading CCA at the DSEI Arms Fair
Two special events cohosted by Christian Climate Action and Green Christian Screening of The Letter, Wednesday 20th September 7-9pm on Zoom Session with Lorna Gold, Wednesday 27th September 7.30pm - 8.30pm on Zoom The Letter helps us to understand how climate change is already affecting people we don’t encounter in our daily lives. The film … Continue reading Screening of The Letter and a Session with Dr Lorna Gold
Bodies on the Line: Christians, Civil Resistance and the Climate Crisis is a new book by Rev Sue Parfitt, a much loved and long-time member of Christian Climate Action What is Bodies on the Line About? Central London, October 2022: Sue Parfitt, an 80-year-old Anglican priest, is arrested for sitting in the road. It’s not … Continue reading Bodies on the Line: Rev Sue’s Book on Christians, Civil Resistance and the Climate Crisis
Wednesday 18th October, 7pm-8:30pm Online. Register for your free place here CCA is really excited to be organising this event! Fr. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice for peace and nonviolence. He has been arrested some 85 times for actions concerning peace. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has described him as ‘the embodiment of a peacemaker, … Continue reading An Evening with John Dear
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