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 ironic weather.

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. 

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 disasters, see the letter below.

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..." blah blah blah.  Join us in demanding action.  We brought mops and cleaning gear to symbolise the greenwash and business attire.  Read the letter and see photos below.

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 blockade had been forming nearby) and the action during the evening service at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

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 on 11th September. All are welcome to take part.

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 accompanied by art work produced by adults and children.