"We can't drink oil!" Despite intimidation and threats, 200+ people of various faiths took action in Uganda and Tanzania to stop the EACOP and Tilenga oil megaproject, calling out Total Energies and the governments involved.
Almost daily, we are flooded with more news of how the climate crisis is harming our communities. Droughts, heat waves, forest fires, hurricanes. It is almost too much to bear.
Rooted in your deeply held beliefs and motivated by the importance of this moment in history, your grassroots communities are calling for change together across the globe. Action is the best antidote for despair.
In Port Harcourt, Nigeria, faith leaders hosted a dialogue on gas flaring and visited communities bearing the burden of crude oil extraction.
In Lutzerath, Germany, people of faith are standing in solidarity with climate activists to oppose a new coal mine.
In Uganda, peaceful youth leaders are marching for climate justice.
Hundreds of Quaker activists are protesting Vanguard’s funding of the climate emergency – praying boldly and peacefully in front of the CEO’s house in Pennsylvania, USA.
Australian Religious Response to Climate Change and their partners are leading dozens of multi-faith actions are across Australia calling for an end to fossil fuels and support for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
And so many more actions are underway.
In France, communities of faith will come together to boldly call for TotalEnergies to Stop Tilenga Oil Field and Stop EACOP.
Powerful actions calling for an end to fossil fuel funding are taking shape in New York at BlackRock’s corporate headquarters, in Albany, NY at a TD bank offices, and in North Carolina at Bank of America’s headquarters.
In Indonesia, activists are biking across the country calling for an end to coal!
In Kenya, senior faith leaders will have a roundtable to stand in solidarity with the Faith Leaders in Uganda and Tanzania, against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, while 200 young people will march in solidarity under the theme “Kick out fossil fuel in Africa”.
Research has shown that when religious and spiritual people unite in sustained, peaceful protest, lasting social change happens.
Be part of that change. Join or lead an activity in your community this month as part of Faiths for Climate Justice.
Whether it’s rallying at City Hall for clean energy, holding a bank accountable for their ongoing funding of the climate crisis, or singing in the streets for a better future, together, in faith, we can change the world.
In hope and solidarity,
Anna Wagner
Interim Co-Director of Organizing
GreenFaith
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