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XRWD met up with rebels from from across the country on 28 October 2024 to march to several insurers, pressuring them to stop insuring fossil fuels.

Extinction Rebellion Warwick District and Stratford-upon-Avon joined forces to talk to National Trust visitors about Barclays on Sunday 4 August at Charlecote Park.

XR Warwick District joined the Restore Nature Now march on Saturday 22 June in London, alongside a wide range of organisations, from the RSPB and the National Trust to Wildlife Trusts, to bring 5 key demands to the UK government of the near future:

On 17 May Warwick District rebels caught the early train to Birmingham to picket insurance companies alongside other XR groups, as part of the Insure our Future campaign.

Restore Nature Now march London 22 June 2024.

The last few months have seen local group XR members out on the streets in Warwick District's three largest towns, talking to people about the dangers of air pollution and mapping air quality, using the very useful website addresspollution.org. We invited people to enter their postcode on the websit...

I arrived early on a sunny morning in Trinity Square Gardens, in readiness for a 10.30 demo start. Happily, the first group I came across were from the West Midlands and it was fantastic to meet people whose faces I’d previously seen on the Coordinators’ Zoom sessions.

On Sunday 17 December 2023, we spoke to local people about air pollution in our area outside Leamington Town Hall and mapped the pollution where they lived.

XR Warwick District  joined the first Stop Birmingham Airport Expansion protest, in wind and rain, to hold placards and chant in front of Birmingham’s Airport Consultative Committee meeting on Thursday 7 December.

We had a really constructive What Next? meeting on Wednesday 8th November, it was great to see new faces and more familiar ones.

On 14th October XR Warwick District set up a roulette wheel outside Leamington Town Hall and invited citizens to play Climate Roulette.

On Friday 7th July 2023, XR Warwick District joined a march from the Godiva Statue to Severn Trent's headquarters in Coventry.   

XR Warwick District had a busy day in the summer sun on the 17th June. First we spoke to members of the public near the Town Hall in an outreach. There were some very interesting people around including a Green Party member, and a lady with strong spiritual beliefs.

On the 21 April 2023 Extinction Rebellion Warwick District (XRWD) helped The Big One fulfil its name, with our biggest ever turn-out.  We organised transport for a bus-load of concerned citizens from Warwick and surrounding areas and arrived just across the river from Parliament around 10AM on Frida...

BUS FOR THE BIG ONE

The Big One on 21 April is the focus of Extinction Rebellion Warwick District (XRWD) right now. We are spreading the word at outreaches in the run-up to the event, a whole new approach for XRUK, with the aim now to get as many to London as possible, without disrupting the public...

We went back to Barclays on Saturday 21 January 2023 to highlight their terrible record of funding fossil fuels.  They are the biggest funders of fossil fuels in Europe, despite their efforts at Greenwashing.  Fellow rebels from Stratford and Coventry came out to support the action, in somewhat iron...

Extinction Rebellion Warwick District (XRWD) offered a hot beverage and a Jammie Dodger to concerned citizens at the Climate Justice Rally on Saturday 12 November. 

Extinction Rebellion Warwick District (XRWD) marched alongside fellow rebels from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street on the 14th October, to protest our government's failure to take real action on the Climate Emergency.

On Saturday 25th June we had our third outreach action at Barclays this year, informing the public about Barclays and other banks' complicity in climate change and encouraging people to switch to a more ethical choice. Since our first action in January there have been more climate emergency related ...

Extinction Rebellion Warwick University and XRWD have been working together on campus to speak to students and employees of the university.  We are doing outreach in the plaza on the first three Wednesdays of June (1st, 8th, 15th) 12AM to 2PM.

Extinction Rebellion Warwick District (XRWD) have been well-represented at the April 2022 Rebellion, which is currently underway.

On the 15th January we protested at Barclays Bank Leamington, at their greenwashing.  Barclays has invested $145 billion dollars in fossil fuels since the Paris agreement of 2015, yet claims “It’s our ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050. We’re already net zero emissions from our own operations......

Extinction Rebellion activists staged a die-in at Leamington Town Hall on Saturday the 13th of November, highlighting our disappointment at the COP26 climate change summit, which came to an end in Glasgow on the same day.

The Impossible Rebellion has been happening in London since August 23rd and so far at least 12 local rebels have taken part.

Midway through the Rebellion, inspired by another rebel from home, I joined the chat group for arrestee support. It was the end of the day of ‘Imagine the Impossible’ at the Science Museum (where I’d spent the afternoon speaking to the public from my ‘Crisis Talks’ table and, as I’d left, a road blo...

Following on from our success at Art in the Park we were out on the streets again outside Leamington Town Hall trying to engage the public in the Climate Emergency debate by highlighting the dire findings of the IPPC report. This action will be on the 2nd Saturday of each month, so the next one is o...

For the first time since the lockdown ended, XRWD delivered an incredible event in a public space. The basic concept was to have a “Parade Against Extinction” around Jephson Gardens, with rebels carrying placards highlighting the plight of endangered species in the U.K. and the world, and accompanie...

On Saturday 1^st May, members of XR Warwick District, along with people from a wide range of local organisations (including Keep Our NHS Public, Justice for Palestinians, Warwickshire National Education Union and Socialist Appeal), as well as youth climate strikers and others, formed a physically dis...

The 2021 XR UK Strategy is here!

The Scientists Have Had Enough

Between November 2020 and February 2021, 30 local residents, selected by a process called sortition to give a group that was representative for the district, met to learn about the climate crisis from experts. After the 10 sessions, the participants decided which actions should be a priority in Warw...

The UK Rebellion Of One team has taken the difficult decision to move our action date to 1st May.

You Are an Animal

Familiarise yourself in the company of other XRWD rebels

XRWD is taking part in the UK-wide campaign on Friday 26th March to raise the profile of the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill amongst MPs. This is the date when the Bill was due to have its second reading, however Friday sittings in Parliament have been cancelled until after Easter due to the p...

We had another lively meeting where we discussed a banner drop on March 26^th in support of the CEE bill and heard from our external coordinator about all the training that’s available while we’re unable to protest as a group on the streets. The training includes an introduction to Money Rebellion (e...

Have you got evidence for our Judicial Review?

After 500 people recently participated in an international XR open zoom session, many have expressed a desire for more opportunities to connect. XR World is an opportunity to bring us as a movement together with like-minded friends to listen and learn from one another.

Feedback from XRWD local group meeting 9 February 2021

Coming out of the pandemic will be our last, best chance to remake the world, and it’s being thrown away.

Citizens Assemble!

Warwickshire Climate Alliance was set up last year as an umbrella organisation bringing together local groups working on climate change and related issues. It has a website which lists local and national groups, to enable groups to find out about one another. www.warwickshireclimatealliance.org

As we enter 2021, we know that faith in our Government is at an all time low and public understanding of the climate crisis is on the up...

It's time to start thinking about the window of possibility for XR as we emerge from a crazy difficult 2020 and build towards COP26 in November 2021.

Please check...

The Law of the Land

The CEE Bill is steadily gaining momentum - 89 MPs have now given it their support, as well as several organisations - see MPs & Supporters - CEE Bill Alliance Several local Councils around the country have also passed motions supporting the Bill. Its second reading will be on 12th March.

Urgent message from Chris Packham Stand For The Trees

The 12 Days of Podcasts gives you a chance to catch up on our well-researched podcasts on a wide variety of climate & ecological topics. Featuring world-renowned scientists, authors, economists, and members of XR from across the world, you’re sure to find an episode you love. There’s even a taste of...

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is!

XR rebels may be interested in this research by Climate Outreach. The research included a survey of over 10,000 British adults, as well as 12 focus groups and 35 in-depth interviews. Seeing we are trying to engage people in climate change locally- this research may prompt us to examine our approach ...

Ecocide is the name for the mass damage and destruction of our ecosystems. Right now it is legally permitted and has created the climate and ecological emergency we find ourselves in.

The Political arm of XRWD have had a number of recent meeting with other local organisations in the area on the theme of collaboration. This was on the back of a recognition that many local groups exist that hold similar aims and principles to those of XR and from time to time we need to share ideas...

Biodiversity is not ‘cute’

Following hot on the heels of the national Climate Assembly UK that we reported on in the last newsletter, Warwick District Council has this month started the three months of work for our own People's Inquiry. The Inquiry is to take place with a group of thirty local people who will work together ov...

A new team is doing some exciting work to shake up XR’s systems and grow our collective strength. It’s called the Systems Realignment project.

There really aren't words to adequately describe this act by HS2.

We had been hoping to carry out an action in front of the Shire Hall in Warwick on 14th November but due to the lock down in place, this has been cancelled.

As rebels will probably remember, back in summer 2019 the UK Parliament (specifically, six Select Committees of the House of Commons) called for a citizens' assembly to discuss how the UK can reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Assembly members were carefully selected to give a repr...

StopHS2 Needs Your Help

A true Atlas from XR Austria

With the momentum of the rebellion keeping us going, we have plenty of news & events for all you lovely rebels!

Things are really starting to gear up, we have a lot going on for all you lovely rebels to get involved in. Keep reading to find out!

THE HANDBOOK

The 2020 Rebellion is happening! From 12 noon on Tuesday 1^st September rebels from all over the country will gather in Parliament Square (and also in Cardiff and Manchester) to demand that MPs back the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill

All across the country, action plans are being fine-tuned, props are getting a final layer of garish paint and the final zoom calls are reaching their check-outs full of excited anticipation.

XR Midlands can help pay your expenses

Please find below the action pack for September. This is a live document and will be updated regularly.



In here you will find the WHY nows:interrobang:, WHAT we're asking for :mega:, the PLAN for London, Cardiff and Manchester :boom:, the ACTIONS so far 🥁 and HOW we'll communicate 🤳🏾 before and duri...

Dear Rebels,

An XRWD Action Working Group has been set up to plan both local actions and coordinate trips to London for those who are planning to go.

It's the 4th Tuesday of the month on 23rd June, so it's Local Group Meeting time again! This is an open event for all. We'd love to see new and familiar faces, to share ideas and discuss what's happening within XR Warwick District.  

XRWD Rebel Trail Action - Day 2

On Saturday 30th May, Extinction Rebellion  Warwick District rebels met at midday to stand outside Shire Hall In Warwick asking the Government for a Citizens Assembly to decide our future together during the Covid-19 recovery, a recovery that must prioritise people and planet over profit. The protes...

We hope you are keeping safe, below you will find some upcoming actions and meetings and what we have been up to recently.

Hey there Rebels. we have more information on how you can get stuck in and involved with XR while remaining socially distant-

Let us express gratitude to Mother Earth on this auspicious day,

For the last couple of years, I have been writing a book on Climate Change, I can see how the current situation, with the COVID 19, is similar to the effect climate change is going to have on our world in the future. I have written chapters on the possible future scenarios, COVID 19 has closed down ...

High Speed 2 (HS2) is BAD. Really bad...

6 months ago, if we’d taken a glimpse into 2020, we’d have been shocked by what we saw. Air travel all but abandoned, the roads curiously quiet, air pollution halved in some cities. A sudden shift in our mindsets: a realisation that we are vulnerable - and from that the fostering of greater empathy ...

As we in the UK should now avoid non-essential travel and contact with others we are suspending our face to face event activities until further notice. This will be for an undetermined period of time and will remain under review in line with national advice. Many of our events have now moved online,...

Extinction Rebellion UK – as part of a wider movement – exists to protect life, both now and for future generations. Right now we all need to prioritise public health, follow advice from scientists and doctors, and be mindful of the most vulnerable in our communities. 

The corona virus is a *serious health crisis that is deeply concerning to many of us* and we want to know how we can be of service to the needs of our communities.

XRWD are sharing this which came to us via email - XRWD are not responsible for the content of the questions or the outcome of the project.  The wording below is from the website of the University of Sussex page.

Invitation to take part:

You are being invited to take part in a research study to fu...

Read the Warwick District Council Climate Emergency Action Programme ~ Executive Summary here