News from a World in Flux Ep. 15: Insects, injunctions, and upgrading democracy

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 17:  Is the deck stacked against the Biodiversity COP?This time, Clare and Charlie discuss the other COP, which happens every 2 years and is focussed on biodiversity. COP16 takes place in Colombia this year. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

EPISODE 16: Upgrade Democracy SpecialThis time, Charlie is joined by Marijn Van De Geer from the Citzen's Assembly Working Group for a special episode from the Upgrade Democracy Action in Windsor. They discuss why our current political system is failing and how citizen's assemblies are the solution that is needed to address climate and ecological justice.https://extinctionrebellion.uk/upgrad... If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 15: Insects, injunctions, and upgrading democracyThis time, Clare and Charlie discuss the worrying decline in insect populations and what that means, as well as the further suppression of climate activists by the use of private injunctions. Join Charlie, Clare, and the whole team at Upgrade Democracy 30th August - 1st September in Windsor.https://extinctionrebellion.uk/upgrade-democracy/Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 14: Getting wetter, crazy prison terms, and Restore Nature Now!This time, Clare and Charlie reflect on the success of the Restore Nature Now march, the increasing severity of sentencing for peaceful protest, and discuss the consequences of increasing rainfall.https://www.restorenaturenow.com/If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

In this episode Clare Farrell and philospher Mohamed Amer Meziane dive into ideas of secularization and the fossil state. Touching on spirituality, Islamaphobia, colonialism, and oppression of the climate movement. Link to Mohamed's book: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3... Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 12: The true cost of not acting and Restore Nature Now!This time, Clare and Charlie discuss some recent papers that try to formulate a cost for the damages that will be inflicted by the climate and ecological crisis. They also discuss the Restore Nature Now march happening in London on the 22nd June 2024 and give an update on a number of ongoing legal cases. https://www.restorenaturenow.com/---------------------If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 11: The end of coral reefs and the oppression of the climate movementThis time, Clare and Charlie discuss the devastating effects of a warming ocean and how Lord Walney's report is being used as a tool to oppress protest. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

 Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 10: The problem with tree planting and insure our futureThis time, Clare and Charlie discuss the problem with tree planting as a climate solution and why we should be targetting insurance companies and their role in the fossil economy.Albedo effect: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg6196Climate choir: https://twitter.com/climatechoirs/status/1765856822932472179Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

EPISODE 9: Finance + Physics = Climate Repair? Ft. Delton ChenIn this episode Clare and Delton Chen explore Delton's work on a concept of a global carbon reward, an economic concept which could provide a carrot and not just a stick in the field of international economic interventions. As with all these conversations with experts on solutions, Extinction Rebellion isn’t advocating for this above and beyond any other approaches. Hopefully looking at different options with the experts who propose them can help us to get a rounded view on what’s being proposed and what might be possible. We hope it sparks interesting thinking and reflections. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. Their aim, to make sure that the latest science news and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in an easy to understand way.EPISODE 8: £500,000 damage and not guilty! The HSBC 9 trial | XR UKThis time, Charlie talks to Clare about the action she was involved with which broke the windows of Europe’s second largest investor in fossil fuels, HSBC and her subsequent not guilty verdict.This episode was recorded in Dec 2023.Find out more about the vital work of Defend our Juries:https://defendourjuries.org/https://twitter.com/DefendourJuriesPress release: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2023/11/16/jury-finds-women-who-broke-hsbc-windows-not-guilty/ Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk