Tackling this climate emergency is not something that any of us are perfect for. We get involved because we have asked ourselves the question “if not me, then who”? In the same way, the training that we do as Christian Climate Action is not perfect, but it is a way that we can grow together and become more equipped for the journey ahead.

There are different types of training that you as a group or individual can access.

ONLINE TRAINING ON NON-VIOLENT PROTEST

For training on all things relating to non-violent protest, we direct people to Extinction Rebellion’s Rebellion Academy, which includes training such as:

• Know Your Rights
• Non-violent Direct Action
• Climate and Ecological Emergency – Science and Politics
• Action Design
• De-escelation

There is also training on here relating to specific roles, such as:

• Police Station Support
• Back Office Team

ONLINE TRAINING ON THE THEOLOGY OF NON-VIOLENT PROTEST AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS

Because we are a Christian group, we hold specific online training on the theology of non-violent protest and the climate crisis. For example, this is CCA co-founder Fr Martin Newell delivering a training on how Jesus calls us to carry out non-violent direct action:

Check out our events page to see when the next theology training session is.

IN PERSON TRAINING EVENTS

We can also run training days in person, if there are a group of people interested in a region. If this is of interest to you, we would need you to find a venue for the event and to do the promotion in your local area. You can email us at christianclimateaction@gmail.com so that we can support you in this and send along a speaker/trainer to deliver the content.

Here is an example agenda for a training day (CCA Training Day suggested Agenda). If a whole day feels like too long for you don’t worry – a shorter training event can also work.

To give you a flavour of what this might entail, this is a video of a training day that we delivered in London (filmed by Wilf Parsons).