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Bradford celebrates and demands action
​against poverty, war and climate collapse 

How can part of the legacy of Bradford’s City Of Culture year be about Bradford’s commitment to climate and nature regeneration? 
The 1.5 degree threshold that was supposed to keep us safe is broken,we now face a rapidly accelerating crisis that threatens ordered civil society and our entire way of life. Our politicians and organisations are not doing enough to prevent an impending disaster. It needs ordinary people in huge numbers to push them to change. Read more here 
History shows that rapid change has only come from everyday people taking action. Do everything you can be it through art, environmentalism and/or campaigning. Work with others, contact any of the groups or attend any of the events listed here on the site. Read more here 
Learn about our current events, actions and plans and how you can get involved. Access our Bradford area climate action related Events Diary. Click here to read more 

Spring 2025 News 

Would You Like Shipley To Have A Tool Library? 

​A tool library is a service which loans tools (and potentially other items) to patrons in the same way a traditional library loans books and DVDs.

Did you know that the average power drill is only used for 13 minutes? This means many power drills actually end up being single-use items! 

Benefits of a tool library include:
  • Saving money. Borrow the tools you need at a fraction of the retail price.
  • Saving space. No need to store bulky tools at home!
  • Supporting and upskilling your community. People are enabled to access tools they might not be able to afford to buy.
  • Trying out new skills and hobbies without having to spend on expensive tools upfront.
  • Promoting repair culture by giving more people the ability to repair items instead of chucking and replacing.
  • Reducing waste, protecting our planet. One tool can be shared between many people, reducing the number of individual purchases and waste going to landfill.

But what do you think?

You can help get Shipley Tool Library off the ground by completing our survey. We need to know what would benefit our community the most. 

Click here to complete our survey 

Thank you for your help

The Earth Is Us: Love Letters To the Earth Webzine - Call Out For Contributions 

​Inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s ‘Love letters to the Earth’, Keighely based artist and activist, Jean Mcewan is putting together a collective webzine for World Earth Day 2025, and invite you to contribute.

“Send me your own  ‘Love letter to the Earth’ in any form - artwork or visuals  (of any kind) stories, poems, songs, soundscapes, videos, recordings, anything that expresses your experience of interconnection with our planet and its many forms of life-   from animal to plant, water or mineral life.

All of the contributions will be put together into a collective interactive webzine and be published online on 22nd April, World Earth Day to celebrate our interconnections with and love for our planet.

The zine will be landscape in format, but you can send your contributions in any dimensions and in any file format.

Send your contributions me at [email protected] by Friday April 11th.  Sound and video submissions are welcome via links to other platforms - eg YouTube, vimeo etc 

If you have any questions, get in touch via the email address above!
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Warm wishes and look forward to receiving your contribution.

Jean “

Creating A Climate Emergency Garden 

Celebrate action taking place against climate change. Help us create a vibrant garden showcasing Bradford’s demands for peace, climate justice and an end to poverty. 

Wednesday 2nd April 5pm and each Wednesday onwards 

Location - Centenary Square/City Park 

Bring colourful plants that can be planted into the ground (no problem if you don’t have any plants, come along anyway, we will hopefully have spares) 

Check out our climate action related Events Diary for other Bradford area actions 

Bd25climate.org 2025 
Contact us at [email protected]