Video by joshnicoll.com Barclays and HSBC in Southgate were targeted with a powerful walking exhibition of photographs, “Drowning World”. More info on Gideon Mendel’s work. (https://xrbath.org.uk/2020/08/18/gideon-mendels-drowning-world-photo-gallery/)
This video by Josh Nicoll (website, Instagram) captures the two actions carried out in Bath on Friday 28th August: the banner drop on the A46, and the Esso garage action on London Road.
Video by joshnicoll.com XR Bath hung three huge banners calling for the UK Govt to build back green as part of a UK-wide mass banner drop across the A46 and the London Road roundabout. Photo Credit: Jamie Bellinger
Rebels protested at the Esso Garage on London Road to highlight Exxon Mobil’s decades-long campaign of lies. See here for more info. (https://xrbath.org.uk/2020/08/25/esso-continues-decades-of-climate-denial/) This action got the front page of the Bath Chronicle. More press coverage here : https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/pictures-show-extinction-rebellion-action-4464893
Bath rebels kicked off the Autumn XR Rebellion by joining the Doctors for XR national campaign alerting motorists to the health risks of fossil fuel pollution. They slapped stickers on petrol pumps throughout Bath and the local area, including Bradford on Avon, Midsomer Norton and Paulton. https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/18694622.staff-texaco-petrol-stations-bradford-avon-quickly-removed-extinction-rebellion-health-warning-stickers-petrol-pumps/ https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/pictures-show-extinction-rebellion-action-4464893)
What has Esso (Exxon) done? • spent decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change Yet They knew in the late 1970’s about fossil fuels causing climate change • Funded the promotion of climate disinformation Yet They knew in 1982 about how bad climate change would be by 2019 Photo: Mark Ramsay, under a CC BY …
Ahmed, Pakistan 2010 (Copyright of Gideon Mendel) In 2007, Gideon Mendel photographed two floods that occurred within weeks of each other, one in the UK and the other in India. He was struck by the contrasting impacts of these floods, and the shared vulnerability that seemed to unite the people he encountered in this landscape. …
Make the CEE Bill law Getting the Climate & Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill passed into law is a big challenge, but also a huge opportunity. If made law, the CEE Bill will ensure the UK Government treats the twin crises of the climate & ecological emergencies with the urgency demanded by both. We need to …
Help us make the CEE Bill law! Short on time? Want to make a difference? This button is for you: Take me tothe actions What is the CEE Bill? We know we are in an emergency and that the government isn’t doing enough. The goal of our recent action at Pulteney Bridge was to highlight that …
Bath XR has recently formed a working group for social justice, and the mandate for this group can be found below. For information about the link between climate justice and social justice, see here. If you would like to get involved, or for further information, please contact social.justice@xrbath.org.uk. Mandate Preamble This working group has the …