We’re getting used to our new, more accessible, home in Wanstead House, and meetings are now regular third Mondays. Many of our regulars couldn’t make October’s meeting, but nine of us managed to agree significant actions. Maybe every meeting, after a round of introductions and apologies for absence, we can, firstly, reassert that we’re allContinue reading “Think global, act Wanstead: October 2025 WCA meeting”
Category Archives: Event report
Why so quiet?
There’s a climate and ecological emergency. So why aren’t we talking about it more? Do we not know how to discuss our worries, or what to do? Are we afraid of being judged? Are we pushing it away hoping someone else will take responsibility – and in that case who? One of WCA’s activist membersContinue reading “Why so quiet?”
COP26 “Nothing to Lose”
“For the activist, the legal ramifications of their actions are no longer proportional to the dire consequences of failure. Such is the importance of decarbonization.” The reasons why climate activists become active get lost. Wanstead Climate Action’s reasons to travel to Glasgow and protest at COP26 are multiple and self-evident. While the last 18 monthsContinue reading “COP26 “Nothing to Lose””
COP26 or COP-OUT
At midday Kathy is at the JP Morgan building, the rest of the Wanstead Activists have joined up with the crowd of protesters marching up Waterloo St and she watches as they come towards her. The fanfare is preceded by heart-beating drums and the shrill call of the lead drummer’s whistle. The ever present hi-viz-wearingContinue reading “COP26 or COP-OUT”
Wanstead Climate Action 