Extinction Rebellion Guildford

Guildford residents demanding the government and Surrey County Council take action on the climate and ecological emergency. Everyone is needed. JOIN US! 💚🌏🌱

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

DECISION TIME FOLKS

We've tried everything we can think of for an "easy" way to save the planet: conservation days, scattering seeds, petitions

That hasn't halted ecocide - & it won't

The only option left is to join together & show in huge numbers we do not accept ecocide

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Our planning group have discussed this in connection with Wisley Village (2.5k houses). All those houses totally dependent on cars.

Clearly the message that we are in an ecological emergency is not getting through.

[XRGrandparentsAndElders @xrgpsandelders.bsky. @xr_GPsAndElders]

Autumn start for M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement scheme https://t.co/sF1VG3idcL

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

EVs are heavy and cars are getting bigger. Consumers are given total freedom to choose, and no thought given to air quality or the fact that bigger cars, bigger wheels, kick up a lot more particulate pollution.

https://t.co/GpE5xuNWLZ

@RoadsXR
@MumsForLungs
@cleanairalton

[Edgar McGregor @edgarrmcgregor]

Fight for the Earth people. Come on. This is our future. We need you to join the climate movement.

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

@Jubilee4Climate https://t.co/JnudqKDQc1

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

The criminality of extractivism continues, with multiple countries racing to carve up any countries they can.

Russia, USA, China, UK, Israel and more all carving out something:

- aluminium (packaging, cars, aeroplanes)
- gold (mostly just for storing in bars)
- nickel (EVs)

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

The criminality of extractivism continues, with multiple countries racing to carve up any countries they can.

Russia, USA, China, UK, Israel and more all carving out something:

- aluminium (packaging, cars, aeroplanes)
- gold (mostly just for storing in bars)
- nickel (EVs)

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Resource colonialism has been going on for centuries.

Maybe it started with raw materials for houses, then moved to precious minerals and metals, and now its absolutely anything that can be grabbed.

Look at Guinea and you will see how things continues.

[The Jubilee Movement ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻 @PeoplesJubilee]

‼️ BREAKING ‼️A coalition of environmental groups including J4C disrupt the entrance to the Africa Energies Summit at the Mayfair Hotel. Activists dropped an ‘END OIL COLONIALISM’ banner from the entrance of the hotel

#AfricaEnergiesSummit #EndOilColonialism #JusticeForAfrica

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

@olimould @PaulKGB @grantshapps Yes of course. But ecocide is profitable. What few understand is the high stakes we are at:

https://t.co/1GiFeuMZ87

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Good news in what sense?

Not good news for wildlife.

Not good news for green spaces and ecosystems.

Not good news for emissions.

The Local plan should be adapting to the ECOLOGICAL EMERGENCY. What part of the word emergency, isn't understood?

#Guildford
#A3

[Paul Spooner 💙 @PaulKGB]

Finally the M25 Junction 10 (with A3) improvement have been given the go-ahead by @grantshapps this is very good news for #Guildford as a key inrastructure requirement for delivery of the Local Plan and much needed housing.

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

200m on bike lanes, but 28 BILLION on new roads.

It's clear that there is simply no intention to end the air pollution crisis, to end car culture, or to address the climate and ecological emergency.

[Department for Transport @transportgovuk]

We’re investing £200m & funding 134 projects to enable more #ActiveTravel across England. 🛞 👟

“@ActiveTravelEng is going to make sure high-quality spaces for cycling, wheeling & walking are delivered” -@Chris_Boardman

Read more: https://t.co/I5Q47QDpFu

#NationalWalkingMonth

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

@mpfurniss Why not spend the money instead on public transport? cycle lanes? Why always feed car culture?

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Join us tonight, when we will be making plans for Clean Air Day.

Lucky for Surrey County Council, most people have no idea that air pollution is so bad. We are here to make people know.

#AirPollution

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Last year, we stood here during rush hour, with our banner for Clean Air Day

1 of our rebels subsequently had to get an inhaler to cope with breathing difficulties.

To the right they've just built dozens of new flats, wedged bet. this road & the A3.

#AirPollution
#guildford

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

If you want to help us demand that ecocide ends, join us for our meeting tonight. DM for details.

https://t.co/1GiFeuMZ87

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Last year, we stood here during rush hour, with our banner for Clean Air Day

1 of our rebels subsequently had to get an inhaler to cope with breathing difficulties.

To the right they've just built dozens of new flats, wedged bet. this road & the A3.

#AirPollution
#guildford

[Clean Air Campaign @cleanairdayuk]

The #CleanAirDay 2022 resources have landed for June 16!

From “how to” guides for events, play streets or school streets, to posters & leaflets to use at your school or organisation & letters to send to your local MP. There's something for everyone.

👇👇
https://t.co/bJXtWRp6cc

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Clean air day is one month away. If no one says anything, things will continue to get worse, and our politicians will understand that we accept dirty air as a matter of normality.

It is NOT normal to have to suffer asthma attacks, stunted lungs, lung disease, heart disease.

[Mums For Lungs @MumsForLungs]

Can you #DoOneThing for us today? Share this tool with 10 friends and ask them to respond to this consultation - we need thousands of people to tell the government it should be doing more to clean up our air. #CleanAirNow
https://t.co/1PAHnHij3w

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

This is no great rocket science. Every day we are depleting the natural world, because the system -built upon patriarchal values - has extracted year after year.

To stop this collapse, we need urgent degrowth.

[Sacred Earth Works @SacredEarthWork]

The natural world can help save us from climate catastrophe
While many engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs are examining hitech... https://t.co/HEn1G53wfi

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Global resource use has exceeded the planetary boundary every year since 1997. The global North is responsible for 70% of this overshoot - which is a direct cause of ecological collapse and mass extinction. Explanatory blog post coming soon... https://t.co/ixxt0C0P19

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

@jk_rowling Absolutely horrible. I hope she presses charges. Is this what we really can expect? With women's rights nowhere near where they need to be, women are having to face this intimidation and harrassment? It's outrageous.

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

It's already happening.

We urgently need degrowth, otherwise we have no hope.

#drought
#foodcrisis
#wheatshortage
#ClimateEmergency

[Save British Farming 🇬🇧 @SaveBritishFood]

France, parts of USA, India and East Africa are facing drought or near-drought conditions.

Irreversible damage is being forecast to French grain crops from hot/dry weather this week, after low spring rainfall.

Drought threatens hopes French wheat could ease Ukraine shortfall

[Extinction Rebellion Guildford @XRGuildford]

Grim news that more nature may be wrecked, for lithium mining.

@ProtectThPass