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== Manifesto ==
=== Demands ===
Extinction Rebellion's website states the following aims:
# Government must tell the truth by declaring a [[Climate emergency declaration|climate and ecological emergency]], working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change.
# Government must act now to halt [[biodiversity]] loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025.
# Government must create, and be led by, the decisions of a citizens' assembly on climate and ecological justice.
=== Stated principles ===
XR states the following on its website and explains the following in its declaration:
# "We have a shared vision of change—creating a world that is fit for generations to come.
# We set our mission on what is necessary—mobilising 3.5% of the population to achieve system change by using ideas such as "momentum-driven organising" to achieve this.
# We need a regenerative culture—creating a culture that is healthy, resilient, and adaptable.
# We openly challenge ourselves and this toxic system, leaving our comfort zones to take action for change.
# We value reflecting and learning, following a cycle of action, reflection, learning, and planning for more action (learning from other movements and contexts as well as our own experiences).
# We welcome everyone and every part of everyone—working actively to create safer and more accessible spaces.
# We actively mitigate for power—breaking down hierarchies of power for more equitable participation.
# We avoid blaming and shaming—we live in a toxic system, but no one individual is to blame.
# We are a non-violent network using non-violent strategy and tactics as the most effective way to bring about change.
# We are based on autonomy and decentralisation—we collectively create the structures we need to challenge power. Anyone who follows these core principles and values can take action in the name of RisingUp!"


== How to get involved ==
== How to get involved ==

Revision as of 08:23, 4 August 2019

Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a socio-political movement with the stated aim of using civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance to protest against climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

Extinction Rebellion was established in the United Kingdom in May 2018 with about one hundred academics signing a call to action in support in October 2018, and launched at the end of October by Roger Hallam, Gail Bradbrook, Simon Bramwell, and other activists from the campaign group Rising Up!.

Citing inspiration from grassroots movements such as Occupy, Gandhi's Satyagraha, the suffragettes, Gene Sharp, Martin Luther King and others in the civil rights movement, Extinction Rebellion wants to rally support worldwide around a common sense of urgency to tackle climate breakdown.

The movement uses a circled hourglass, known as the Extinction Symbol, to serve as a warning that time is rapidly running out for many species. Special Note: This is an abbreviated version of the introductory text from Wikipedia's article. You are encouraged to read the full version. See also note below. W

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Manifesto

Demands

Extinction Rebellion's website states the following aims:

  1. Government must tell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergency, working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change.
  2. Government must act now to halt biodiversity loss and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2025.
  3. Government must create, and be led by, the decisions of a citizens' assembly on climate and ecological justice.

Stated principles

XR states the following on its website and explains the following in its declaration:

  1. "We have a shared vision of change—creating a world that is fit for generations to come.
  2. We set our mission on what is necessary—mobilising 3.5% of the population to achieve system change by using ideas such as "momentum-driven organising" to achieve this.
  3. We need a regenerative culture—creating a culture that is healthy, resilient, and adaptable.
  4. We openly challenge ourselves and this toxic system, leaving our comfort zones to take action for change.
  5. We value reflecting and learning, following a cycle of action, reflection, learning, and planning for more action (learning from other movements and contexts as well as our own experiences).
  6. We welcome everyone and every part of everyone—working actively to create safer and more accessible spaces.
  7. We actively mitigate for power—breaking down hierarchies of power for more equitable participation.
  8. We avoid blaming and shaming—we live in a toxic system, but no one individual is to blame.
  9. We are a non-violent network using non-violent strategy and tactics as the most effective way to bring about change.
  10. We are based on autonomy and decentralisation—we collectively create the structures we need to challenge power. Anyone who follows these core principles and values can take action in the name of RisingUp!"

How to get involved

Local groups

See also

Interwiki links

Extinction Rebellion W

External links


References

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