Pilgrimage for COP26

Activity: Participating in or organising an event typesPublic Engagement – Festival/Exhibition

Description

A walk and a learning journey from Dunbar to Glasgow to reflect on the climate and ecological crisis in anticipation of COP26. The pilgrimage worked with cultural, community and interfaith organisations to reimagine what it meant to be ecological.

Launched in Dunbar on the 17th October and arriving in Glasgow on the 29th October, the pilgrimage included a cultural events programme, with public events taking place in Dunbar, Edinburgh, Bo’ness and Glasgow. Pilgrims were invited to join at any point during the walk. Over 100 pilgrims joined the walk between Dunbar to Glasgow, with 500+ citizens joining the Pilgrims’ Procession on the 30th October in Glasgow.
Period17 Oct 202131 Oct 2021
Event typeOther
LocationUnited KingdomShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Pilgrimage
  • COP26
  • Ecology