Members of Christian Climate Action gathered outside Sheffield Cathedral last Sunday before the morning service to thank the Diocese and the Cathedral for choosing Fossil Free Banking. https://youtu.be/STzTJITP7PY Holly said, ” We are outside Sheffield Cathedral today, saying a big thank you to both Sheffield Cathedral and Sheffield Diocese because they both chose a fossil-freeContinueContinue reading “Christian Climate Action thank the Diocese and Cathedral for choosing fossil free banking”
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Protest in Sheffield as Insurers Rule Out West Cumbria Mine
I am sharing this press release from Sheffield Extinction Rebellion after yesterday’s demonstration outside the office of Arch. Today, as insurers and banks face a wave of national protest including in Sheffield, Coal Action Network announced that five insurers have given guarantees that they will not provide cover for the planned controversial West Cumbria CoalContinueContinue reading “Protest in Sheffield as Insurers Rule Out West Cumbria Mine”
A tour of London Docklands
In a week where temperature records were smashed, I spent some time visiting family in London. On Friday I toured London Docklands with my brother. The first point of note was the travel cost. An all-day off-peak travel card cost me £9.50, not much more than two return trips by bus from my home toContinueContinue reading “A tour of London Docklands”
Banking Brandalism
Back in my student days I supported the campaign to end the racist Apartheid regime in South Africa. A big part of that campaign was to persuade the banks, notably Barclays, to stop investing in the country, to speed the fall of the regime. Roll on nearly half a century and today we find BarclaysContinueContinue reading “Banking Brandalism”
