Past Campaigns
Over the years, we have joined and supported a range of campaigns calling for care, protection, and justice for the Earth. Within each, we worked to ground activism in the sacred and to nurture ceremonies that centre our action on connection.
The campaigns listed here represent our past cycles of ceremony and sacred action, where we have worked to weave the sacred into movements for change. Some remain ongoing in other forms.
Standing for Stonehenge
The “Standing for Stonehenge” campaign defended the sacred landscape around Stonehenge against a proposed tunnel/road scheme that threatened to desecrate ancestral ground, burial mounds and sacred site integrity.
We supported by holding ceremonies within the sacred landscape itself and in London, gathering prayers, and collaborating with allied groups to bolster the legal and spiritual resistance.
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Stonehenge campaigners are celebrating victory after a judge ruled that Government planning approval granted to a £1.7 billion road and tunnel development at the sacred site was unlawful.
Sacred Earth Activism recently took part in World Unity Week, a hugely ambitious online coming together of global change-makers, in which our co-founders, Christa Mackinnon and Jonathan Weekes, gave an update on the Stonehenge resistance campaign.
A sacred fire will be lit at Stonehenge on the eve of the Summer Solstice in support of a forthcoming legal challenge against the destruction of the UNESCO World Heritage site by proposed new road works.
At the Spring Equinox, a coalition of conscious Earth protectors came to the Stones with love and prayer, delivering messages from all corners of the United Kingdom.
Hearing the call of the sacred through us, we stand to defend the land and our sacred sites from desecration, and to return to place of remembering that we belong to the land, that it does not belong to us.
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Visions of a World Beyond Fossil Fuels
This was a cycle of ceremony held during the Extinction Rebellion April 2022 rebellion in London, focused on water ceremonies and collective visioning for a world free from fossil fuels. SEA’s role was to weave sacred practice into direct action, using the power of ritual to hold the vision of a regenerative future. We supported it by coordinating a cycle of water-ceremonies, hosting sacred spaces in central London, and offering workshops aligned with climate justice activism.
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A key theme of Sacred Earth Activism’s supportive activities for XR’s April Rebellion in London will be using the power of water as a vessel to carry our visions and prayers for a world beyond fossil fuels.
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Back to Source
The “Back to Source” campaign sought to reconnect communities with their rivers and sacred waterways, recognising water as a living, sacred being rather than a mere resource. SEA supported this by organising ceremonies and sacred actions around major river-days, inviting participants to honour water and the sacred through ritual, prayer, poetry and more. We supported the campaign through coordinated rituals, public education about water rights, and partnership with other water-justice groups.
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World Water Day, which is held each year on 22 March, gives us all a focal point to celebrate, and demonstrate our gratitude for, the many gifts this sacred element continues to give us. So to build on the activities our Water Warriors working group began last September with ‘Back to Source’ ceremonies honouring our local rivers on World Rivers Day, we plan to host a couple of very special online events next week too.
Water-lovers went ‘Back to Source’ on Sunday, 26 September by holding a series of local ceremonies across the UK coordinated by Sacred Earth Activism to celebrate World Rivers Day.
While our ancestors may traditionally have viewed the nation’s rivers as sacred, our current activities mean these vital waterways have never been in more need of our help. Join us in a day of sacred action to honour our rivers.
Past Events
Immerse yourself in an evening dedicated to honouring our rivers and exploring sacred practices for loving our local waterways. Join Sacred Earth Activism as we gather to heal our connection with these life-giving veins of our lands, acknowledging the harm they face and discovering ways to offer support.
On World Rivers Day, 26th September 2021, we invite you to join us in a day of sacred action, as we combine ceremony with direct river clean up action for the protection of our rivers.
Nature’s Rights
The “Nature’s Rights” campaign aims to shift UK law so that nature is recognised as a rights-bearing entity rather than merely property. SEA became involved due to our strongly held belief in the importance of honouring the sacred relationship between humanity and the more-than-human world. We supported the campaign by holding ceremony at their gatherings and meetings, amplifying the legal-paradigm shift, and partnering in advocacy around ecological jurisprudence.
COP26 - Order of the Oak
The “Order of the Oak” Acorns to Oaks brought together earth-centred spiritual groups to ceremonially plant acorns in a call for leadership and regenerative change ahead of COP26, held in Glasgow. SEA participated in coordinating this ritual cycle, hosting ceremonies in Glasgow and around the country, mobilising spiritual networks to ritually plant acorns, and co-signing open letters to political leaders about the climate crisis and ecological leadership.
The Order of the Oak now continues as a growing seed group for Druid eco-activism — click here to find out more
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While world leaders spent their time at COP26 discussing what are widely considered to be disappointing and dangerously inadequate climate outcomes, the focus of indigenous leaders was on reminding us of our intrinsic role as guardians of the Earth.
Sacred Earth Activism will be doing all we can to support a positive outcome from the vital COP26 climate talks being held in Glasgow from Sunday 31 October to Friday 12 November by holding a number of sacred ceremonies and events over the course of the conference.
Sacred Earth Activism joined Order of the Oak to call for effective leadership at all levels of society during the forthcoming climate talks in November in order to guard against any worsening of the current climate and ecological crises.
Sacred Earth Activism is joining forces with a respected Druid organisation to call for effective leadership at all levels of society during the forthcoming climate talks in November in order to guard against any worsening of the current climate and ecological crises.
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Ritual to call for climate and environmental leadership at COP26, calling on the wisdom of the Oak, followed by the delivery of our letter to COP26 leaders.
Bigger Picture
The #BiggerPicture23 campaign called for a heart-centred approach to change, expanding our view beyond separation and competition toward regenerative and interconnected futures. It invited activists to refocus on the deeper roots of transformation. SEA hosted online gatherings linking grassroots groups in a movement of movements that honoured the sacred web of life.
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Dom Bury, founder of the Church of the Ecstatic Earth, was one of the inspirational speakers at the Bigger Picture Opening Ceremony hosted by Sacred Earth Activism. During the ceremony, he shared a very moving poem, entitled “And the Earth shall bear again”, that resonated deeply with attendees, inspiring a sense of hope and possibility..
Annie Spencer, a ceremonialist and earth wisdom leader, helped set the tone and create sacred space as she led the opening and closing prayers for the Bigger Picture Opening Ceremony, hosted by Sacred Earth Activism.
The Bigger Picture has officially launched with a beautiful opening ceremony that brought together a diverse group of people from around the world. The event was an opportunity to come together and join in a vision for a more connected, regenerative, and sacred world, and was filled with song, poetry, and inspirational talks, setting the tone for what promises to be a powerful and transformative cycle of sacred action.
Past Events
Our final part of the journey takes us to the River Thames where our co-created offering - made at the start of the Big One and carried through the biodiversity procession - is woven with the intentions, pledges, prayers and visions that speak through us and ceremoniously offered to the River; to the Waters of Life.
Join a Biodiversity March and Rally to honour and respect all species endangered by this ecological crisis at home and around the globe, and explore solutions through regenerative practice, ecocide law and Citizens Assemblies.
Church of Ecstatic Earth is a living, breathing organism that aims to bring planetary emergency and spirituality together in the heart of community. On Earth Day we are going to be holding the first trial of the movement with several Ecstatic spaces upswelling across the globe. You can find out more about how to get involved at our movement communication channels below.
The Water Wide Web invites you, once more, to honour the Waters together this time it is to mend what is torn in the fabric of the living web by making PRAYER ARROWS
Co - create an offering to the River Thames and Water of Life..
As the start of the Big One, Bigger than Ourselves we open to our wider nature as part of the Bigger Picture - sustaining all life.
From 21st April, the intention is to activate this good vibe throughout The Big One! 4-Day Mass Action in Westminster by inviting everyone attending to ‘host each other’. The invitation is to do this by informally yet explicitly stepping into one of 8 ‘ways of being’
Right to Roam
The “Right to Roam” campaign seeks to extend public access to land in England so that people can reconnect and build relationships with wild places. SEA believes that our connection to the land and nature is paramount for healing the deep traumas of colonialism and separation; as long as we are divorced from the land and nature we are not only disconnected from our hearts, but also from our respect for life, be it of ourselves, other humans, other life forms, or the land herself. We have supported the campaign by joining advocacy efforts for land access, by accompanying events, supporting with ceremony, and by working to share and deepen public understanding of the movement’s vision.
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Sacred Earth Activism will be supporting campaigns to increase our right to roam and XR Trespass in their call to Trespass Together on 24th April 2021