Rev Mark Coleman appeared at the City of London Magistrate's Court on 25th March, charged with Obstruction of the Highway in the October 2019 Rebellion. Mark didn't actually finish his statement in time for the hearing, as he explains below, but wrote one later. He says: "I did not finish my statement in time for … Continue reading Mark’s Statement
Christian Climate Action has organised an open letter from a group of clergy to the Church Commissioners and the Church of England Pensions Board asking them to divest from all fossil fuels immediately. A vigil is being held outside Church House at 10am on Tuesday 18 May, the day of the Shell AGM, to pray … Continue reading Tell the Church of England to Get out of (S)hell
Quaker, CCA member and Extinction Rebellion activist Ian Bray was one of the seven in the dock, accused of committing criminal damage at Shell's London headquarters in the London Rebellion of April 2019. The acquittal of six of the activists by the jury (the seventh had felt compelled to plead guilty for reasons of child … Continue reading The Shell Verdict: Ian Bray’s Closing Statement
Rev Vanessa Elston considers the current situation in relation to climate emergency and whether in the five years since the Paris agreement was adopted, any real progress has been made. 12th December is the fifth anniversary of the Paris agreement. In 2015, one hundred and ninety five countries signed up to limit global temperature rises … Continue reading Progress since Paris – an assessment
The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill Alliance has now released the video of its recent online Countdown to COP26 event. You can view the video at: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=2703879823212489&ref=watch_permalink
As much as Boris Johnson tries to dismiss Extinction Rebellion protestors and uncooperative crusties. it is becoming ever clear that standing up for the future of people and planet is the right thing to do. This September Rebellion, we were joined on the ground by a whole host of clergy, who each shared why they … Continue reading Bishops & Clergy explain why they are involved in the rebellion – Why aren’t you?
Christian Climate Action is a group of people coming together in order to take non-violent direct action against the climate emergency. We each endeavour to prayerfully discern what action we feel called to take in each moment. Being part of Christian Climate Action is not about always agreeing with each other, but deciding to disagree … Continue reading Rebelling in covid-times
On the 7th July, Christian Climate Action, alongside HeartEdge and Young Christian Climate Network hosted an event called Climate and Colour. The event reflected on white privilege, a history of institutionalised racism in the church and the racial lens through which we view climate change, feel grief and plan action. It invited people to journey … Continue reading Climate and Colour event recording
In March 2019 with the social distancing in place due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a full scale lock down in the offing, it seemed an important time offer an online space where increasingly isolated people within CCA and beyond could pray together and also connect and offer support to each other. These prayer sessions … Continue reading How to run an online prayer session
Hannah Malcolm on pandemics, and making peace with the earth Originally posted here on SCM Press *** I’ve taken to standing under a blossoming tree on the terrace next to mine. On sunny days, it is perfumed and beautiful, and the delicate hum of bees fills my ears. The bees don’t seem disturbed by my … Continue reading Humans aren’t a virus, actually
