Dear rebels, As spring begins, and we start preparing for our third wave of change-making, we’re delighted to bring you a stirring and inspiring History of XR (video). In a movement so based on compassion, and faced with such painful times, it can be easy to forget how far we’ve come. Whether or not…
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This briefing is brought to you by the Citizens’ Assembly Working Group (CAWG) of XR UK. If you would like any further information or have questions, please contact us on xr-CitizensAssembly@protonmail.com – we are happy to help! WHAT IS CLIMATE ASSEMBLY UK? Climate Assembly UK is a citizens’ assembly commissioned…
Read full post‘It is clear that the earth is on an unsustainable trajectory. Something will have to change at some point if the human race is going to survive.’ Who do you think wrote those two terrifying sentences? Who is responsible for this latest exercise in radical truth-telling?: Extinction Rebellion? Caroline Lucas? The University of East Anglia?…
Read full postEmail us at hourglass@rebellion.earth STAR LETTER On HS2 They talk about HS2 serving the North, but it seems apparent that the North stops at Manchester or, stretching it, to Leeds. What happened to Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough and of course our Scottish friends? We have been missed out of the equation. Why would we want to…
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There is now evidence in favour of sustainable investment as a sound financial strategy. While many traditional investment funds have traditionally been heavily invested in fossil fuels, this is now changing. Large institutional pension investors as far-ranging as New York City and the National Trust have committed to divest from fossil fuels. Last year, 300…
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‘We must all work harder to repair the fissures and polarization that are so prevalent in our societies today. We must nurture mutual understanding and invest in making diversity a success. And we must counter and reject political figures who exploit differences for electoral gain.’ UN Secretary-General António Guterres The 21st of March is the…
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When Change.org asked if I would like to launch a petition on their website I was a little sceptical, but then they pointed out that I could make a call for something that would help return hedgehogs back to their former glory. My idea was simple: ‘This petition calls on the dismantling of industrial capitalism…
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It is difficult to get away from talk of tree planting these days. Everyone is proposing it, which is important progress, because even if we manage to reach zero emissions within years as the science demands, we will still need to suck some of the carbon dioxide we’ve already emitted out of the air. Planting…
Read full postAvailable in bookstores now Animalkind by Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone Published by Simon and Schuster Animals have never had it so good. In Animalkind, Ingrid Newkirk (founder of PETA) and Gene Stone (How Not to Die) are keen to emphasise this. The 20th century saw rapid escalation of the animal rights movement and the…
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