Welcome to our climate cafes: gentle facilitated spaces where we share our feelings and thoughts about the climate crisis.

We think our Climate Cafés offer something different from the usual gatherings of people with interests in climate change. They are facilitated – so you can be sure that there will be space for you to speak. They are not designed to recruit you to do anything or to put you under any pressure. The idea behind them is that talking about climate change is really important – but it is often made more difficult by our feelings of guilt that we are not doing enough, or frustration that others are not doing enough. So we provide a space in which we don’t talk about what we or others are doing or should be doing. We just talk about climate change and how it is making us think and feel.

Everyone is welcome. There's no charge. We provide the tea, coffee and cake! Climate cafés are not drop-in events, so please try to arrive in time for the 4pm start (though we won't turn you away if you're a few minutes late!).

Everyone who is concerned about the climate crisis is welcome at climate cafés, though we don't advise children attending.

This event is part of Marmalade Festival 2023, which takes place in 6 venues across Oxford from 11 to 14 April.

The Old Fire Station will be hosting over 90 events including discussions, performances, film screenings and much more. Topics will include how to learn, homelessness, young people and mental health amongst other subjects.