Restore Nature Now - Ecumenical Service and March

London bee with wild flowers. ICN/JS

Source: Westminster Justice and Peace

Campaigners are planning the biggest ever march to protect the natural world and tackle the climate emergency, to take place in London on Saturday, 22 June.

Westminster Justice & Peace will be gathering with thousands of others in London for a family-friendly, legal march to demand that UK politicians show strong domestic and global nature and climate leadership.

Why are we marching?

Creation is in crisis. Nature in the UK is in long-term decline and without radical change we're set to lose even more precious habitats and species. That is why we're joining a coalition of nature and climate organisations at a mass demonstration calling on politicians from all parties to act now for nature, people and climate.

The vision is for a huge creative, family-friendly and legal mass gathering with Chris Packham and other nature defenders in a united call to protect and restore our natural world.

It is an opportunity for some creative campaigning with speeches from activists and conservationists, as well as entertainers and performance artists, all highlighting the beauty of UK wildlife and the need to protect it.

Creation Cries Out Service

We'll be meeting at 11am for an ecumenical service at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, 114 Mount St, Mayfair, London W1K 3AH (with nature-based oudoor church for children) before leaving together to join the main march at noon. The Creation Cries Out service is a collaboration between A Rocha UK, Green Christian, Christian Climate Action, and Operation Noah and other groups.

Join us to add your voice to the call to halt biodiversity decline and stabilise our climate for the benefit of all future generations.

Restore Nature Now March and Rally

After the service we will join the Restore Nature Now mass demonstration.

Through Restore Nature Now a wide range of dozens of nature, wildlife and climate groups from the RSPB to Butterfly Conservation and Woodland Trust are joining together, united in calls for politicians to support action to restore nature by:

- Providing more funding to ensure a nature-friendly farming approach
- Making polluters pay for the damage they do to the environment
- Creating more space for nature by expanding and improving protected areas and public land
- Putting a legal right to a healthy environment in law - clean air and water and access to nature for all communities
- Delivering fair and effective climate action that means we at least halve UK emissions by 2030.

Diary Dates

Saturday 22 June 11am, Creation Cries Out - Ecumenical Service, Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Farm Street Church), 114 Mount St, Mayfair, London, W1K 3AH. Includes children's outdoor nature-based church.

Restore Nature Now March: Gather between midday & 1pm, Park Lane, W1K