XR Malvern pulled out all the stops to do some super-excellent outreach over a very hot Lakefest weekend. Having been invited to take a stall there, a team produced not just a stall, but a fully interactive presence including information yurt, roving street theatre, talks in the ‘Pen and Parchment’ ...
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Over 150 XR supporters arrived in Hereford on Monday 25th July and along with other environmental groups held a protest to highlight how Intensive Poultry Units are killing the river Wye. While some rebels shutdown the soya Feed Mill, the rest made their way to the chicken ...
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Around 40 supporters from Worcestershire went down to London for the April Rebellion. On action days there were very powerful marches followed by a sit-down protest at various locations including Trafalgar Square and bridges over the Thames. New to this rebellion were Outreach days, which allowed us to have events ...
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The three activists joined more than 200 others across the UK, on Saturday 24th April, to block traffic and draw attention to lack of government action on the climate and ecological emergency. Protesters blocked City Walls Road and The Cross in Worcester while a third blocked a main road in ...
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Extinction rebellion supporters swarmed Bromsgrove High Street on Saturday April 24th to call on Worcestershire County Council to declare a climate emergency. Many of the activists dressed as bees to highlight the environmental threat to the species and our heavy reliance on them to provide food and pollinate plants. Two ...
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Extinction Rebellion Worcestershire performed a “climate crime scene” as street theatre in the centre of Worcester on Saturday 17th April, to highlight that Worcestershire County Council is putting future generations at risk due to their lack of action on the Climate and Ecological Emergency. The “crime scene” featured a faceless ...
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The next meeting is Wed 6th Jan 7:00pm – Click HERE to REGISTER Beyond our own plans for flooding actions in Worcestershire, there is a Midlands-wide project being developed by XR’s Midlands Outreach and Local Group Development team. Called ‘Deep Water’ it aims to coordinate flooding-related actions across the Midlands Region ...
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Saturday September 26th saw a fantastic turnout of socially distanced groups of six parading through Worcester City Centre. We had three groups of Faceless Bureaucrats, a forthright group of bees, cyclists, dinosaurs and our spectacular Rainbow Guardians. At noon we had a die in at Cathedral Plaza with around 50 ...
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The Worcestershire XR groups organised an extremely impactful set of actions on Friday September 25th and Saturday September 26th. It was tremendous to have all local groups working together to focus our demands on the County Council. Friday saw huge banners displayed on four bridges surrounding Worcester, with the message “County ...