Quakers march for climate change
Quakers took part in the People's Climate March on 21 September
Friends across Britain have helped draw attention to climate change ahead of this week’s UN Climate Summit in New York.
More than fifty Quakers were among an estimated 40,000 marchers who came together in central London on Sunday 21 September, also International Day of Peace, to protest. The gathering was one of 2,808 climate change events held in 166 countries, with Quakers well-represented at the largest march, in New York.
Friends met before the London event at the People’s Interfaith Space, organised with several other groups, including DANCE (Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement), Operation Noah, CAFOD and the Church of England.
Some 200 people attended the interfaith space. Desmond Tutu’s ‘climate prayer’ was read (see page 2). It had been written for the occasion and the reading was followed by a silent vigil.
A group of Friends also joined DANCE activists at the British Museum, worshipping in silence after the Buddhist group had staged a dramatic recreation of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster.
Friends took part in marches, or held local vigils, in Ashburton, Bath, Belfast, Cambridge, Cardiff, Central Manchester, Norwich, Stocksfield and elsewhere in Britain and Ireland. More than seventy people joined a Meeting for Worship for climate justice in Birmingham’s Chamberlain Square.
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