Epsom & Ewell Extinction Rebellion

We are a concerned group of local residents in Epsom & Ewell, exploring ways to raise awareness of #ClimateBreakdown and #EcologicalCollapse - and take action

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

"The real enemy arrives by yacht and limousine, not in a small boat.

The rich are the people killing this country - no one else."

A message which needs to be heard louder than ever.

[Scientist Rebellion @ScientistRebel1]

After the Cold War, scientists & citizens campaigned for the establishment of a nuclear weapon non-prioliferation treaty. Years later, we are in the streets to advocate for a fossil fuel non-prioliferation treaty.
You can support our campaigns at
https://t.co/EAXZYN3CkY

[Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice]

💰 Your money is being used without your knowledge to destroy the planet. 

For every £10 in your pension, £2 is linked to deforestation. 🪵

Share this short film by @paulgoodenough and @jeanettenorgaard, feat. @janegoodallUK and @itspetergabriel to raise awareness!🌳

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

Things we have thanks to annoying protests:

📅Weekends
🌳Public access to the countryside
👧End to child labour
❌Abolition of slavery
🗳️Women’s right to vote
🌈LGBTQ+ rights
🦊Foxhunting ban
⛽️Fracking ban

EVERYONE has benefitted - protest SHOULD NOT be a crime.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Must watch on House of Commons reform @EllieChowns

Dr Ellie Chowns, "As a newly elected member, I'd like to offer observations on three elements on how this house operates: sitting, speaking and voting"

➡️ Sitting
- Chamber is too small
- In Council and in European parliament we had own seat, desk, plug in devices
- Extraordinary there aren't enough seats for every MP

There is a practice of Christian prayers, as a daughter of preachers I am familiar with this. But in this day and age where we are a mix of all faiths and none, it might be time to represent a range of faiths

➡️ Speaking
- If we have more time limits more MPs would be incentivised to speak
- Trying to get a slot, bobbing up and down, last week I did for five solid hours without getting attention of the speaker
- This is not good for a democracy
- Find a better way of allocating speaking time
- The culture in this house is everything from excessive deference to braying, we need to clean to clean up politics, we are here to debate in as positive a spirit as possible

➡️ Voting
- It's extraordinary we do not have electronic voting
- While I've been here I've participated in 5 votes, that's taken 1.25 quarter
- If you add up all the votes thats 1.5 months of MPs time, totally unproductive
- If we got rid of the voting lobbies we could double the physical size of the chamber (everyone could then have a seat)

"My final point, if we want to be a truly modern house of commons: proportional representation"

[Jenny Jones @GreenJennyJones]

The #RestoreNatureNow March was amazing for its diversity, young and old, suits and hippies, all origins, all colours.
All with a common cause. To save Nature, and save the human race. https://t.co/UcHxrEc0zS

[Dr Jill Belch @JillBelch]

Why no reporting of this, ⁦@BBCNews⁩ when all other major outlets did? Even in France.
60m birds lost in a generation over Europe. Insects, which pollinate 1/3rd of all our food, down by nearly 70% in 10y in UK.
Please complain to BBC, then OFCOM.

https://t.co/Fc7aP1fCzP

[julia brigdale @fairfieldjules]

A real life example of “Don’t Look Up” from our news broadcasters. And so infuriating when it seems protesters can’t win: disruptive & you’re vilified, peaceful & no one wants to know. 👏 to everyone who attended (& those of us in spirit) 💚

[Restore Nature Now @RNNMarch]

‘We need to stop treating nature restoration as an act of good will but the necessity that it is!’

@FloBlackbourn | #RestoreNatureNow

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

We asked you to show up for nature, and you did.

In your THOUSANDS.

What an amazing turn-out at the #RestoreNatureNow march. Politicians, are you listening?

[Dr Jill Belch @JillBelch]

Why, ⁦@BBCNews⁩ is there nil on your site about thousands marching, yet you reported extensively on a couple of 100 marching against ULEZ? #Bias
Thousands march in London to urge leaders to tackle wildlife crisis https://t.co/NLiIUxGv3W

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Yesterday, over 60,000 people marched to Parliament demanding immediate action to #RestoreNatureNow! 🌍

This massive turnout highlights the urgent need for stronger political action to tackle the nature and climate crisis.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/yGhvcemFaD

[Restore Nature Now @RNNMarch]

‘England is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, that is shameful!’

@DrAmirKhanGP | #RestoreNatureNow

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

Well done @Channel4News. Nothing, absolutely nothing on @BBCNews

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Chris Packham, "Now is the summer of our discontent" @ChrisGPackham

"We have a nightmare.. Since Frankie Goes To Hollywood told us to relax, 600,000 birds across Europe have vanished"

"We have a nightmare.. Since the Sex Pistols pointed out it was Anarchy in the U.K. 80% of our butterflies are gone"

"We have a nightmare.. Our rivers may be full of sewage but agricultre is the number one source of pollution in the UK.. And 35% of our greenhouse gas emissions"

"We have a nightmare.. Over a billion animals are confined in factory farms in the UK"

"We have a nightmare.. Foxes are still ripped to pieces by entitled savages"

"We have a nightmare.. It's estimated 1.7 million animals are trapped in snares in the UK"

"We have a nightmare.. 93% of our marine protected area are not protected from destructive fishing"

"We have a nightmare.. 2023 was confirmed as the warmest year going back to 1850.. While the world is being roasted the Conservatives have handed major oil companies 53 new oil and gas licenses"

"It doesn't have to be like this" #RestoreNatureNow

[WWT @WWTworldwide]

Yesterday we marched alongside 60,000 people in London.

For the birds and butterflies, the plants and the ponds.

The message was clear: we need nature as much as nature needs us. And we need action from our politicians to restore it!

#RestoreNatureNow

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

The fab @SteveBackshall at the #RestoreNatureNow March - “to believe that the only metric of progress has to be economic growth is definitely deadly!” @RNNMarch

[Stephen Moss @StephenMoss_TV]

Proud to have been there. Where were you, ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ? #restorenaturenow https://t.co/U6mGY8ojNG

[Dr Amy-Jane Beer (now on Insta/Bluesky) @AmyJaneBeer]

.⁦@BBCNews⁩ what possible contortions did you go through to decide this wasn’t newsworthy? ⁦@RNNMarch #restorenaturenow⁩ Thousands march in London to urge leaders to tackle wildlife crisis https://t.co/hnZ7kasKd7

[Atul Kumar 🌎 @AtulsEarth]

I just watched the most boring news on BBC News ever, but it didn't feature this interesting, joyful, positive, colourful and important march. Are @BBCNews trying to close themselves down? What the hell is going on?
#RestoreNatureNow @ChrisGPackham