i have mounted my city's days 1st centuries and accompanied my country through its finest our lives until the day i'm. not down to. a pool. protesting to save the planet for months the global environmental movement extinction rebellion has been making headlines calling for political leaders to act on the climate emergency the activists are willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. be ready. to lose my liberty feels actually a small price to pay. that. this movement here in the

middle of the city where people need to work ok i don't think it's good in the climate scientists alarming enough so extinction rebellion don't really need. the public reaction is divided how far should protests be allowed to go. i think it's going to take a. december 2019 the annual un climate change conference is underway in madrid. representatives from $200.00 countries have come together to negotiate agreements on effective ways to limit global warming. that. was just outside the conference center thousands are calling for immediate action to avert what they see as an impending catastrophe among most radical protestors are

members of extinction rebellion otherwise known as x. are. lovely people. skinner wrath or from the u.k. as a founding member of extinction rebellion she spends months on the road for the cause . normally. she'd be out on the streets with the protesters. but here in madrid she's got an appointment with the summit president it's a 1st for x r i was really nervous i was nervous but excited too. i feel the weight of responsibility in trying to. build a relationship that can go on and thrive and create change you know they so far extinction rebellion has focused on mass demonstrations now the group is exploring diplomatic options as well. in october 29th teen the movement staged

a series of protests in london that caused widespread disruption. the aim of the demonstration was to get the british government to take urgent action to tackle climate change thousands of activists camped out in the city center skeen a raft or was there to. going to lay down and that is how can i get this happen. as i'm not that. i think you oughta sista i'm not going to. lay down and roll over unless this violence and destruction. that's why she came to london to take part in the 2 week protest. she came to organize discussion panels bring activists together and give speeches. we want to force a government to meet us. at it we're not being on the way saying feast won't trust

he said listen to the scientists the academics the resurgence this civilization is in danger of collapsing. and. what are we going to do about it together. skinner thor's activism is motivated by very personal reasons. i have 3 children and i feel a deep sense of responsibility for. this well being something a place where they can have a meaningful life where they can enjoy the abundance of nature and live in harmony with their fellow kindred human souls it's happening now and the projection for the next 5 years is that the middle of the earth will likely become barren and we are looking at that to mean 660000000 to 1000000000 refugees

and displaced people and we are looking at systems collapsing we are looking at climate shocks in our bread basket. full of those who support extinction rebellion believe that climate change has become a climate breakdown that threatens the future of humanity and that it's imperative that action be taken immediately to reverse this trend. their concerns are backed by scientific evidence. i'm a change it's happening i've studied it for 4 years and. everyone needs to get on board and we need to start the science is out there for anyone who wants to see it it's there for everyone. x

r differs from the more moderate fridays for future movement and that its members openly advocate civil disobedience to call attention to their demands. they want their cause to be impossible to ignore. what some may consider breaking the law they see as an exercise in grassroots democracy. as citizens we have the right answer protest we have the right to really voice that the world needs to change. the activists have 3 core demands 1st governments must tell the truth about the dangers of global warming and officially declare a climate emergency. second action must be taken immediately. the goal of achieving climate neutrality that is net 0 c o 2 emissions by 2025 must have top priority. 3rd create a truly democratic political process for achieving these goals and

a citizen's assembly. governments would have to take the assembly's recommendations into account. you know it's a very difficult position from what i say sion because actually in order to meet the crisis everything has to change and not just change it has to be completely rewired and transformed and what it means is democracy is why didn't is the plan and it's about the devolution n.-t. centralization of was. on the 1st day of the protest activists in london glued themselves to scaffolding the police had to use a solvent to free them before they could be arrested. was the was the many extinction rebellion protesters actually try to get themselves arrested was the more people taken into custody they argue the greater the

disruption to the system was that also conveys a message that so many people are willing to fight for climate change there must be something to it. during the 29000 london protests about 1400 of some 30000 activists were taken into custody most held only briefly. at about the same time the london high court ruled that police efforts to stop the protests were unlawful. after that dozens of demonstrators sued the police for false arrest. extinction rebellion says it now has more than 350 groups and 50 different countries. in new york last year they brought traffic to a standstill. in paris they spilled fake blood down steps near the eiffel tower.

zurich they poured biodegradable dye into the lima river to call attention to their concerns about pollution. environmental activists of all ages took part. there are about $120.00 x. our chapters in germany including 4 in berlin. parallel to the october demonstration in london an extended protest was held in the german capital police said about 1000 people blocked a busy roundabout causing serious traffic disruptions. activist alex was there recording of the berlin protests. all over a muslim opponents were nearing come this is going on in front of. the barman for ministry.

a month later moved to berlin from prague in 2017 on his way to meet a colleague. who slick who joined extinction rebellion in march 29000 videos of protests that are later posted on social media. he also takes part in the demonstrations himself. after the rebellion weekly hot in october plenty of people realize. the topic itself because before people didn't know about the scale of climate crisis so i think now that. because we kind of shocked the media and got the media attention i think they're coming now too because they're to us because they're curious and they want to participate in any way they can i guess if they haven't time. to 6 appointment is with mariana blow who organizes onboarding sessions there and the information events that introduce

and explain the movement to new members. it's really nice there are about one can bloom have spoken several times they've never met you know her sisters or. together they watch alex crucifix latest video their fair share of the world citizen were like yeah. it's really the role of the. world. and do you have to have reactions on the on this post for example oh they're oh my god they're they're doing fine. some people a few times. and says religion's a troll something new there are. so many people who just don't want to have fun like when we do the book well if you sit down to do this you can just like freeze there you know the answer you know you have to move you have to cheer up the way you know extinction rebellion says its campaign is

a political wake up so that's in the some time that we've been criticised for that and what's interesting is that it comes from the far right and the far left school or the left to say we're not radical enough and they accuse us of not being sufficiently at a capitalist the air. oh. that's not out of the capitalism's could take over and we are guided by the principle that we will do what we have to do to achieve our goal of the good seed this act and that is to create a future that will be with living for everyone is just that it has nothing to do with politics left all right that makes a place to. be on a bloom as a professional cabaret performer who donates her time to extinction rebellion. took his commitment a step further. and it's my profession bought

for about an week i quit job. done during rebelling week. being in a field being in the action and shooting or think and posting so. i was super busy when i was the full time job while doing the running route if someone doesn't care about the environment at all it's just like bit like suicidal you know. latest report not really going to the latest reports how grim it could be even in like 20 years with shortages of food and water and whatever. you know we would be stupid not to do anything against you know in the 1st place. not gonna bloom is on her way to host an orientation event for new members similar events are held in several different german cities and there's no need to register in advance. because like is going to film tonight session with his mobile phone good. girl you're all. over you during the evening the latest climate research is

presented and the movement's core demands are outlined goals politicians must declare a climate emergency carbon neutrality must be achieved by 2025 and a citizen's assembly must be created to address environmental problem. that these assemblies will be informed by experts the out of people from the auto industry are also welcome but it won't be the people from the auto and energy industries can lobby the ministry for months on end with environmentalist only there on occasion much of that and i'm eyeing a lab. x. our members should add here to 10 principles they include no blaming and shaming. members are not allowed to criticize other individual it's like people who drive s.u.v.s or eat meat as if they must focus on the system as a whole can see it was one can then cut another principle is nonviolence

extinction rebellion he does for calm. the monkeys welcome everyone just as they are but if all you want to do is throw rocks all scream at the police then exxon is not for you for example we would never attack coal miners school or even criticize that. in fact we'd like to see coal miners join us when we hold sit down strikes. on selfish quite songs that's no. name if that's the movement has a decentralized leadership structure. that has a sort of him usually there's a boss over head who tells people what to do. is get but we don't have a leadership hierarchy and. this is stroud town in southwestern england that's home to about 13000 people. it's environmentally friendly culture has been attracting free thinkers and artistic types for many years. it was here that extinction rebellion was founded in october

28th seen by about 20 activists who were frustrated that their demands for reforms were being ignored so they decided to adopt a radical protest programme that included acts of civil disobedience. skinner wrath or lives here with her family. rural life helps her to cope with the stress of taking part in protests. there's a restore ration that happens to me at home with my children being with them and cooking and listening to them but also in my god. and in the woods that we live next to and. yeah so it's so important to put my feet back into what feels much actually and what feels like the reason and. the members of extinction

rebellion have learned through experience that taking time off is important to deal with the physical and psychological strain. we have a very clear culture that we have periods of big active intense activity that we we are asked to rest and recuperate and regenerate and reflect on what that activity meant for us what moved enough what the questions it has left us with . a lot of people in stroud our environmental activists it's a tight community. bradbrook a founding member of extinction or die and has lived here with her 2 sons since 2006 ok for that she's been committed to protecting the environment most of her life and.

living sustainably is possible but it's only part of the solution. together with others in stroud gail bradbrook manages a community garden but to stop climate change she says require much more than actions of individuals we know that 50 percent of emissions come from 10 percent of the population so it's really important that people with the biggest footprints really think about what they're doing how much they fly in what they're eaten or me included in that but we have a a system that's based on focus on profit rather than purpose and therefore whatever you do as long as you can get away with it you'll create pollution you'll hurt people you'll hurt the planet so something has to change systemic way here just simply changing how you consume start going to be enough. gail bradbrook believes

that everyone without exception must take part in the effort to reduce global warming. for some that may mean leading a simpler life. i don't think we need all this stuff that we've all got we just need what's next to us and i don't want talking about you know going back to the caves and live in really rough lives but slowing down enough to appreciate what we have. i mean isn't this heaven it's beautiful. yeah just. i thought might to have part of my life just be smaller again and i don't know how many more seasons are see i think the risk of a mass extinction as bad as the permian mass extinction is significant. bradbrook who has a ph d. in molecular biology quit her last job to work full time for x.

are. the organization pacer $800.00 pounds a month to help cover her expenses. and although she's a founding member of the movement she doesn't consider herself a leader. leadership is something everybody needs to do in extremis rebellion you've got to have a leadership perspective on your own life like what is it when you look at the whole thing so if you're in a group you're not just thinking about your own role in that group you're thinking about how well the groups go in and maybe at some time somebody will come who's better at doing that job the man i can retire. to get. in the fight to save the climate bradbrook is also willing to resort to drastic measures on occasion last october she broke a window during a demonstration at the department for transport in london. overall we know that civil disobedience is something that works in the world and it's necessary sometimes you kind of have to lift the focus. on. the department for transport

they are not spending the money they should on cycling for example they're driving for. a huge infrastructure problem project called hate as to which is a high speed rail which might sound great but actually it's an airport shuttle service to expand a v.a. shouldn and it's going to be the biggest the forestation of the u.k. since world war one for some people they think you've broken a window it's foreign but a minor property damage is to my mind it's not it's not violent nobody was it any risk so i don't consider that violent. the hammer used to break the glass was borrowed. after it was confiscated bradbrook sent the owner a replacement. in her eyes violence is what government and industry are doing to the planet the harm being inflicted on the environment is a measurable also financially speaking. bradbrook thinks the 27000 pounds worth of

damage she caused during her protest pales in comparison. because of the willingness to damage property some have criticised extinction rebellion members says eco terrorists journalist robin whitlock was some self a member of the movement for several weeks. now whitlock is calling for moderation in the climate debate he's especially concerned about controversial remarks made by x r co-founder roger hallam. they seem to be giving the impression that you know if we don't do that. and turned things around within the next 12 years then we're talking sort of an apocalyptic scenario which color. life on earth it's white tat and all that kind of thing and that is just really kind to productive all it does is scare people when it just lock people into

a sense of panic and if you're in a sense of panic then you can think clearly about you know how to tackle the problem we list the play. roger hallam is known to be outspoken and sometimes that's got him into trouble even among ex are members who recently said he wanted to quote draw around through to ensure that a threat was closed there were people inside your own organization or said when a house is on fire you have to break down the door and to go on the column was also sharply criticized for remarks in which he appeared to downplay the holocaust. i think. this intention was to provoke and got some media attention by saying that the future could be even worse that the whole course i mean he said that it's like another. human history but obviously like for germany it's the most sensitive topic there is i think it was not very forceful would you do it very

stupid. afterwards x.r. chapters in germany in britain condemned alums remarks in the organization is carrying out an internal review so concerning abortion meanwhile extinction rebellion is working hard to put its core principles into practice these include the creation of a citizen's assembly that would advise politicians on how best to deal with the climate crisis then you have the group discussion the assembly would be a grassroots form of deliberative democracy these 3 demands i go through this very quick 1st of all we select people randomly ok and this thread to fight randomly is we're going to select people all over the country but by for example according to the population general. listen for example social class a region and gender so joe math is responsible for coordinating the citizens assembling them and tonight he's explaining how it will work. there aren't many

people here because many of the activists were at a fridays for future demonstration earlier in the day. so we have all of this is new to alex because like. another experts will provide scientific data to the assembly which will be used to develop climate protection measures to be presented to the government for execution. they would have to it was that in one. they would work as one team. human society you know it's not like i'm left with a system right or old. they have one goal and they have to work on the solution. as the 29000 u.n. climate change conference true to a close in december in madrid the delegates failed to make much progress on key issues i but extinction rebellion continued to protest their actions increasingly provocative. it's got

a lot of support from people inside. but skinner wrath or was focused on other things in madrid. after lengthy negotiations extinction rebellion made an important diplomatic breakthrough i think that will grayson are still we hear from meeting with the president cavendish me and call and we. make relationships and ask. how we can let's get at least coming here for the next 26. carlina schmidt was not only the summit president she's also chile's environment minister. the conference was originally scheduled to be held in santiago but was moved to madrid because. widespread political unrest in chile. skinner rothera was a bit nervous before the meeting which would be the 1st between an x r activist and

a senior politician. the camera team was not allowed to film the session which lasted for more than an hour. afterward carlina schmidt declined to comment but skinner rather was happy to talk to reporters. make a release so she will be doing. they understand the story he needs to shift because the urgency is not enough to be out to see. her meeting with climate conference president carlina schmidt got a lot of media coverage that skinner author described it as a major step forward. and they know that the toss in the enormity of the task and it is not something that can be done in isolation in in processes like this. it's new this is me. movements like thoughts coming into place this is like this is completely new. i

the summit didn't achieve much mostly because key proposals were blocked by major emitters including brazil the u.s. and australia. time to start preparing for the next climate conference. under really excited by bill begin to build a team. around the club but the club $26.00 and about but there's so much what to do between now and then so i think one day at a time and yeah. the next conference will be held this november in glasgow the activists also want to meet directly with senior politicians their. extinction rebellion maybe moving toward a more diplomatic approach when it comes to. tackling climate change.

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