Thalia Carr has written these two articles on the Christian Climate Action web site about the relationship between Extinction Rebellion (XR) and her Christian faith.
What do we as Christians have to learn from Extinction Rebellion?
I was fortunate to spend some time with rebels at Marble Arch and Parliament Square last week.
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On 1 May 2019 a national climate and environmental emergency was declared in the UK Parliament. Green Christian is calling on church denominations and their governing bodies to play their part – but we need your help. Please ask your elected church representatives and leaders to:
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Isaac Harvey, a member of URC Youth and award-winning vlogger, has just released this short film:
Film – For the Love of Our Planet:Fossil Free Future
The film urges the United Reformed Church to divest from fossil fuels, communicating the power of local action as well as the severe impacts of climate change already experienced in Bangladesh.
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Green Christian welcomes you to our three events in 2019:
Sat 15 June: Shrewsbury
Green Christian on the Road Together in Shrewsbury: Book now!
Central Baptist Church, 4 Claremont St, SY1 1QG
Please download this flyer for OTR Shrewsbury to display in your church
Sat 14 Sept: Manchester
Green Christian on the Road Together in Manchester
The Dandelion Community,
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Christian Climate Action is a group of Christians who, like all of us at Green Christian, are fighting climate and ecological breakdown. Many of them are Green Christian members. They think that the issue is serious enough to demand civil disobedience, and are getting together with Extinction Rebellion this Easter in a campaign of peaceful nonviolent direct action calling for action.
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Following their cycle ride from Truro to Paris in 2015 to attend COP21, and then cycling from Paris to Bonn in 2017 to be at COP23, the four riders of the Ecopalypse, including Green Christian’s Euan McPhee, will be cycling from Falmouth to London to join the Extinction Rebellion event on Monday 15 April.
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Many in Green Christian remember George Dent with respect and affection. George died in hospital on 30/early hours of 31 January following a sudden stroke. He was in good health until this and enjoying life in Andover with his wife Joyce. There will be a green burial on Monday 18th February at 2.30pm attended by the family and very close friends.
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This
year Green Christian is encouraging the church in Britain to take a moment to
consider our role in the destruction of the environment, our complicity in
consumerism, and in an economy that serves profit over people. Instead, we are
invited to embrace the sufficiency and the joy of enough.
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