XRWD NEWS

Exreme weather events have already plagued 2025 in its first month, from the LA wildfires which have killed many and destroyed homes of many more, to Storm Éowyn in the UK.

XR Warwick District was on the streets of Leamington on Saturday 25 talking to citizens about these events, using a survey board...

London

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 occupied insurance companies and caused disruption across the City of London including the Walkie Talkie, home to insurers As...

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.

XR Warwick District is organising a bus from Leamington, £23 per head, with discounts for children and unwaged: get your tickets here: Eventbrite

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.

We decided to focus on air pollution in Warwick District going forward, drawing on resources from other XR groups and data on pollution postcode by postcode.

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.   
  • In 2020, Severn Trent dumped raw sewage into the rivers for more than 500,000 hours 
  • Meanwhile, they paid out £261 million in dividends last year and CEO Liz Garfield p...

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 1st 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!

2021 is a critical year for our planet. Time is running out and we need to explode out of lockdown with renewed energy. We also need to respond to the ways in which the world around us has changed.

This new strategy, called 'Do or Die', is the result of a bold experime...

The Scientists Have Had Enough

We have understood the science of the climate crisis for over 30 years. The first IPCC report, where the world’s scientific community set out the scale of the problem, came out in 1990. But our governments chose not to act then, and still fail us today.

It is from that f...

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.

While this may be disappointing and frustrating news to some, we are hearing many rebel voices across the UK who think a delay could make the action more powerful.

You Are an Animal

Back in the summer of 2019, a small group of UK rebels felt something was missing from the exciting wave of climate activism that XR had ushered into the world.  Our first International Rebellion had pushed the climate emergency into popular culture, and we were busy linking the cli...

Familiarise yourself in the company of other XRWD rebels

XR UK now has its own communications setup called The Hub bringing together all sorts of resources including Rebellion Academy, Rebel Toolkit, Forums and Mattermost.

Mattermost is XR's own chat platform with groups/channels at local, regional an...

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 26th 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?

Taken from a newsletter from the Stop HS2 Campaign

After an eight-month wait, we finally have a date for the permissions hearing of our Judicial Review, a legal challenge against the decision by Government to issue HS2 with Notice to Proceed. Besides the ...

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.

An alliance of dedicated XR mem...

Maybe you remember seeing videos last year of XR groups at climate demos around the UK (and the world) performing an amazing and joyful discobedience routine to 'Stayin' Alive'...

here's an example in Australia: https://twitter.com/xrebellionaus/status/1182514123071840257

...and one outside Buckingham...

Feedback from XRWD local group meeting 9 February 2021

The main issue that we discussed was the CEE bill and how to support it. The political working group is talking to local councillors about how they can show their support for the bill and are involved in drafting a statement of support that counc...

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

If one thing is clear, it’s that the government is not about to ‘build back better’ from Covid-19: their policies and budgets give them away. Clearly visible behind the coat of greenwash are the ...

Citizens Assemble!

Dear rebels,

Without a massive mobilisation to address the climate crisis, our civilisation will collapse. That was the stark message delivered to policymakers this month in an article by an international team of scientists.

Policymakers also know, thanks to a UN global climate poll ...

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

It is...

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...

Incredible Edible Leamington Spa is part of a global network of Incredible Edible gardens originally begun in Todmorden in 2008. The SPARKS - Incredible Edible project, facilitated by a host of wonderful individuals, currently maintains community gardens in Leamington, Warwick, and Kenilworth and is...

The Law of the Land

When Extinction Rebellion first hit the world’s headlines, it was because we were willing to break the law to raise awareness about the climate crisis.

But last year saw a marked shift in climate activism’s relationship with the law. Across the globe communities and organisations h...

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.
Our area's ...

Urgent message from Chris Packham Stand For The Trees

Now, in the face of multiple emergencies - climate, environment, pandemic and economic - HS2 is a bankrupt idea beyond belief.

We need 100,000 signatures to trigger a debate in Parliament for a new vote on the future of HS2.
Act Now - Please click h...

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!

Governments are pledging to avert a climate crisis while their economies bankroll and intensify it.

Production of coal, oil, and gas must fall right now to keep global heating under 1.5C. Yet a new UN backed report shows how governments across the world are planning...

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.

 

UK barrister Polly Higgins (1968-2019) spent the last 10 years of her life working towards creating a legal duty of ...

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’

This week, the UN Secretary General made a moving speech that detailed the hell we’re heading for (transcript; video summary).

‘Humanity is waging war on nature,’ he said, ‘This is suicidal.’

Indeed, with a shiny new contract awarded to drill the world’s largest oasis, ‘globa...

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.

You’re warmly invited to get involved through a new ‘story-catching’ tool called SenseMaker - sign up here and read on to learn more!

It’s been said that XR is...

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

The desecration of memorials of children who have died fighting illness and disability in a hospice.

ACTION - If you feel moved to do so, please send a polite message to the HS2 Minister - Andrew.Stephenson@dft.gov.uk

And please help spr...

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.

However we would still like to ask the County Council 'What is your plan?' We are aware that WCC members are dragging their feet since announcin...

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

After the demise of the Cubbington Pear Tree on Tuesday 20th October we feel a need to engage more members of the public who want to help when they see the reality of what HS2 are doing to their beautiful woodlands.

The threat to the Greenway at Offchurch and surrounding trees ...

A competition for schools in Warwick District, to draw, paint, photograph or write something that expresses your views and feelings about Climate Change.

For many people, Climate Change is mankind’s greatest challenge, and one that the world is not facing up to.

  • What is happening?
  • Paint a poster!
  • ...

The CEE Bill gains momentum!

The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill now has the support of 75 MPs and if you're in the Warwick and Leamington constituency you may have spotted in Matt Western's latest newsletter that he is in support of the Bill too. Good news indeed! Thank you to everyone w...

A true Atlas from XR Austria

Dear rebels,

The wave of rebellions continues! Rebels are sounding the alarm across the globe and inspiring more and more to take action for the planet. Despite extremely challenging circumstances, individual doubts, and police brutality, still we rise up as one unified (d...

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

Have you seen the video about the Rebellion? It's well worth watching....be prepared for an emotional rollercoaster: https://youtu.be/Jhl-9UBRK4w

HS2 Rebellion - Its National Tree Killing Da...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

Rebellion wraps up

Welcome to Rebel Daily #7 – the last issue of this Rebellion!

And what a Rebellion it has been.

Rebels have shown their true colours this Rebellion: the astounding bravery and dedication we’ve seen on the streets and online are testament to a movem...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

Climate CSI

We hope you enjoyed catching up on the rest of the world’s action yesterday – today we’re back with the UK Rebellion.

Tomorrow will be the last day of this wave of Rebellion, so if you’re dithering at all, come on down! Keep checking that London broadcas...

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!

LOCAL GROUP MEETING: outdoors, socially distanced, Tuesday 8th September.



It's the second Tuesday of the month and we are taking advantage of the light and the forecast...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

We will not be intimidated

Welcome to Rebel Daily #5 – and what an eventful weekend it was! Ugly words from our prime minister provided a sharp contrast with our beautiful earth-defending actions.

Ever since we crossed the Murdoch media (for a single night!), the go...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

Don’t read the news, be the news

Welcome to Rebel Daily #4 – some of the only news available today!

A team of over 100 rebels blockaded newspaper printers overnight, successfully preventing The Sun, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Times from reaching newsstands all ...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

Pop the kettle on, ‘Authoritarian Regime’ is starting

By day 3, the Rebellion has fully warmed up: we’ve seen bold and beautiful actions all over the place. And yet, as we bring more love, the police bring more aggression.

At Lambeth Bridge we saw the most shocking ...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

If the trees die, so do we

On the first day, we found our feet and planted them in our public spaces. On the second day, we really got down to business. Rebels moved like water to target specific sites of ecocidal atrocity.

Manchester rebels expressed their outrage ...

Daily rebellion newsletter from XRUK

Boats, Bills and and Boris the Bank Engine

You wouldn’t think we’re out of practice!

Across three cities yesterday, rebels poured onto the roads in carnivals of creativity and disobedience. We’ve only just begun, but what matters is we’ve found the magic once again:...

THE HANDBOOK

Please also see this link for a handbook giving further details on items such as pre-rebellion preparations, Covid-19 guidance etc:

TRAINING 

Midlands XR are currently offering lots of wonderful training opportunities at the following link:

Please see the handbook for further details but pl...

The 2020 Rebellion is happening! From 12 noon on Tuesday 1st 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

Now is the time to step forward, whether online or in person,...

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.

Rebels in their local and regional groups are kicking off the Rebellion with a long weekend of civil disobedi...

XR Midlands can help pay your expenses

  • Rail Vouchers and other Travel

  • Accommodation

  • Support / Carers

  • Food / Snacks

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,

So yes the REBELLION is upon us and we’re really hoping you can come and join us.

Please find the latest exciting rebellion proposals at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RqtyvhzVviTQnNLI-1yaKoXQMDW7po5rt6GTxsBJqPs/edit?usp=sharing

Whether you fancy attending an acti...

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.

If you want to join the group, please contact Maria (maria.tauber@outlook.com).

The group is currently meeting on Wednesdays from 8.30-9.30 on Zoom.

We will send out ...

XRUK be returning to Parliament on 1 September. The scientists are telling us climate change is happening faster than they predicted. Even the Government's own committee has warned we're heading for a 4°C world.

The next UK Rebellion will start when the UK Parliament is due to sit again. We will peac...

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.  

The meeting will take place on Tuesday 23rd June, 7.30-9pm, on zoom...

XRWD Rebel Trail Action - Day 2

stop hs2We, XRWD, would like to support the Sunday (Day 2) leg of this fantastic week long action from Birmingham to London.Day 2 Is short. Only 14 miles. It starts very near Hampton in Arden railway station (about 1Km away) at 09:00. The route passes very close to Berkswell r...

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.

In this newsletter

  • Local Group Meeting this Tuesday join us on Zoom
  • Reclaim the streets, recent action
  • Climate Action Network West Midlands, networking group
  • No Going Back, a...

Hey there Rebels. we have more information on how you can get stuck in and involved with XR while remaining socially distant-
 
🙌🏽 Trust the people! 🙌🏽
Trust the People - brought by XR UK's Future Democracy team - presents a plan to support the growth of community democracy.
All of these sessions are pa...

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

For you have unselfishly  carried us  along our path all the way,

Your beauty is astounding in the sea, in the sky and on the earth,

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...

The new high speed railway, built by a Government company, will:

  • Costs £110 billion (taxpayers)

  • £4K per household!

  • While the NHS struggles

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.

Now is the time to *come together and demonstrate that we prioritise the health and wellbeing of our families and communities* over the h...

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...

For 2020, XRUK are setting clear goals in these 4 areas:
People Power

Bring a million people into active support and persuade 50% of the UK to see the Emergency as our country’s top priority.

Vision

Test out new tools that encourage us to collaborate, listen, and take an active role in building the futu...

Extinction Rebellion branch has say on Warwick district referendum for increase in council tax to tackle climate crisis

Warwick District Council announced this week that a referendum is set to take place this year for an increase in council tax in the Warwick district which would then be used to tack...

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