Students show their love for the climate
Last Friday, February 14, more than 100 school students gathered in Bonn Square as part of Oxford’s latest climate strike.
Taking place on Valentine’s...
Colleges show support for St John’s divestment
A number of Oxford colleges have expressed solidarity with protestors campaigning for “direct action for divestment” at St John’s College.
Two weeks ago,...
Oxford’s Divestment Shame
There is a certain irony in studying,
researching, or teaching at Oxford, one of the world’s leading institutions of
higher education. This irony manifests itself especially...
Oxford Climate Society kick-start ‘Climate in the Curriculum’ campaign
Oxford Climate Society (OCS) have intensified their push for the University to mandatorily put climate on the curriculum, stepping up interactions with the University...
Oxford to launch UK’s first zero emissions zone in December
Oxford is expected to launch the UK’s first Zero Emissions Zone in the North-West of the city this December. Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire...
Rebranding Climate Change: An Imagery Crisis
We have no time to sit and mourn the collapse of a single ice cap or, more brutally, the death of a few Arctic polar bears; we are now facing a human crisis, with human impacts. To stop large-scale death and destruction in the world’s poorest areas, we must act now.
Council makes £19 Million Climate Commitment
Oxford City Council has pledged £19 Million for a Climate Emergency Budget in response to the Assembly on Climate Change. They are working on a number of different initiatives, such as a network of charging ports for electric vehicles in the city and introducing electric busses.
Oxford Students Disrupt Mining Company’s Recruitment Event
The Oxford Climate Justice Campaign protested at Glencore’s recruitment event at the Old Bank Hotel on Monday night. Glencore are a multinational commodity trading...
Dozens join “uncomfortable” Alternative Open Day Tour
"Young people are angry at the apathy of those in power towards the climate crisis. Oxford owes its prospective students a reformed attitude towards the future," one organiser said.
Students protest at Oxford Sustainability Awards
The students rose from their seats to display a sign that read “Still investing in fossil fuels??” as Vice-Chancellor Louise Richardson opened the event at the Sheldonian Theatre.
When Layla met Greta
Layla Moran, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, met this week with climate activist Greta Thunberg during the Swedish campaigner’s visit to Parliament.
Speaking...
BREAKING: Climate activist glues himself to Darwin statue in Natural History Museum
The activist was allegedly able to recite a poem for the onlookers before being removed from the statue by security guards, and detained by police outside the museum.
Second youth climate strike held in Oxford
Around 1000 young people participated in the second Oxford climate strike in Bonn Square on Friday, with many students walking out of lessons to...
