An invitation to join worship led by our friends from Black Majority Churches outside Parliament at noon on Saturday 22nd April as part of The Big One climate protest On Saturday 22nd April at noon, we will be hosting an open air worship service outside Parliament calling for climate justice. The service will include an opening … Continue reading Worship led by our friends from Black Majority Churches at The Big One
The Big One: in conversation with Baroness Kate Parminter and Bishop Steven Croft of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee. On Friday 21st April at 10.30am in St John’s Church, Waterloo, we will be hosting a dialogue exploring the work of the Select Committee and how it might fit into the ecology of … Continue reading The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee at The Big One
Numerous bishops are among the church leaders calling on Christians across the country to join them outside Parliament, demanding an end to the fossil fuel era. The call comes ahead of The Big One [1]– a climate protest, which is taking place from 21 to 24 April. The Big One is set to be the … Continue reading John Sentamu and church leaders call on UK Christians to demand an end to all new fossil fuel licences
Written by Philip Kingston - Philip Kingston is a founder member of Grandparents for a Safe Earth and Christian Climate Action. Three years ago Professor Jem Bendell’s article, Deep adaptation: a Map for Navigating Climate Tragedy (1), challenged my belief that global warming could be contained. I now have no doubt that major earth ecosystems … Continue reading How imminent and dangerous is runaway climate breakdown?
PRESS RELEASE Christians call on York Minster and the York Diocese to divest from fossil fuels immediately. Sunday 2nd April 2022 For immediate release Photos available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Vv5wqQQiX7R2FwAMedljN6DT6by9VvOB?usp=share_link/ Interviews available Contact: scotlandcca@gmail.com /christianclimateaction@gmail.com A group from Christian Climate Action held a vigil outside the 10.30 Palm Sunday service at York Minster today. They are calling on York Minster and … Continue reading Calling on York Diocese to divest
Christian Climate Action member Thalia Carr reflects on living with the reality of the climate crisis and the cost of telling the truth in a world determined to live in denial. Can you imagine meeting up for coffee with someone in southern Turkey and not being aware that there had been a catastrophic earthquake in … Continue reading Living with Reality
We are excited that The Big One protest is fast approaching. It is happening outside of Parliament, from the 21st to the 24th April, it is set to be the biggest UK climate protest yet. It is a protest which is designed for mass participation, so if you have never been to a protest before, … Continue reading The Big One promo event
In recent years there has been growing outrage at the state of British rivers. For example, water companies discharged raw sewage into rivers in England more than 400,000 times in 2020, according to figures published by the Environment Agency. In this year untreated effluent, including human waste, wet wipes and condoms, was released into waterways for … Continue reading Protecting British Waterways
Date: 21st April 2023 Plan: The No Faith In Fossil Fuels Service will take place outside, in the grounds of St Johns Church Waterloo. We will be gathering from 11am, for the service to start at noon. After the service, we will walk together towards Parliament, via Shell headquarters, to join The Big One protest. … Continue reading No Faith In Fossil Fuels Service
On Sunday 5th March dozens of Christians around the country visited their local cathedral (Church of England and Catholic) to either thank their diocese for making a fossil fuel divestment commitment or ask them to do so as a matter of urgency. We had many fruitful conversations with clergy and members of the congregation about … Continue reading Divestment day of action in photos
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