Tuesday 24th August 2021 For immediate release Photos available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12G0OfBO3vsmhu2p7enKYOE7fLtB8GHzO?usp=sharing / Interviews available / Short video interviews on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CClimateAction Contact: 07954 377569 /christianclimateaction@gmail.com A retired member of the clergy is amongst three Christians who have been arrested this morning after spending almost 24 hours locked on to a pink table at the centre of a climate change … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Christians arrested after spending 24 hours locked to pink table in climate crisis protests

On the 30th of August 2021 the “coat of hopes”, a traveling work of community-created performance craft, instigated by Lewes artist Barbara Keal, and brought into being by several fellow members of CCA (Vanessa Elston, Tim Dendy, Rachie Ross as well as Tara Kunert and Susy Mundy) will set out from Newhaven East Pier on … Continue reading The Coat of Hopes: a coat made by all for all

On 5 September 2021, 40 walkers from across the country will set off from London, and from Bristol a few days later, on a 500 mile journey to the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The walk has been called “Camino to COP” in reference to pilgrimages made since medieval times. … Continue reading Camino to COP: CCA joining multi-faith group walking to Glasgow

On Monday 2nd August, Revd Tim Hews, a retired member of the clergy, sewed his lips shut and stood outside the main entrance of News Corps UK offices at the Shard in London. His aim was to draw attention to the silencing of climate science by Rupert Murdoch and News Corp, which has led to … Continue reading VIDEO: Revd Tim Hewes sews lips shut in protest over press responsibility in climate crisis

Monday 2nd August 2021, 15:30 For immediate release Photos here / Video here / Interviews available Contact: christianclimateaction@gmail.com / 07954 377569 A retired member of the clergy sewed his lips shut today and stood outside the main entrance of News Corps UK offices at the Shard in London. His aim was to draw attention to … Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Reverend, 71, Sews Lips Shut in Protest Over Press Responsibility in Climate Crisis

In May 2020 we published our first Rebel Rogue Gallery to tell the stories of Rebels who had been arrested. Since then we’ve been busy, so busy in fact that we now have a second gallery of Rebels who’ve taken part in arrestable actions in the last 14 months. We follow in footsteps of our … Continue reading Rebel Rogue Gallery, Mark 2

Rev’d Sue Parfitt, a retired member of the clergy, was on trial yesterday, charged with Obstruction of the Highway. She was arrested in December as part of an Extinction Rebellion protest outside a Ministry Of Defence facility. The protest, held at Abbey Wood near Bristol, highlighted the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the military just days … Continue reading What kind of a mad world is it that has a priest standing in a dock for telling the truth ? Rev’d Sue Parfitt’s Court Statement

Sheila Collins, a grandmother and a Christian, was in court earlier this month charged with wilful obstruction of the highway in London in 2019 during a Rebellion. The magistrates were very impressed with her eloquence and the depth of her convictions. Nonetheless, they found her guilty. Here is the powerful statement she read in court. … Continue reading I’ve vowed to do all I can to wake us up to reality: Sheila Collin’s court statement