Hi there! My name is Josie and I am currently studying towards my master's degree in public policy from the University of Nottingham. As part of my master's I am writing my dissertation, and I am currently looking for UK climate activists to interview as primary research. My topic is centred around how climate action groups coordinate collective action, how group beliefs about the climate crisis and action strategy differ, and how this impedes collective action. Interviews will be conducted online, and take around 30 minutes. I would really appreciate anyone taking the time to contribute to my research and my master's degree. If this is something you would be interested in, please drop an email to apyjl6@nottingham.ac.uk, where I can provide further information. All participants must be over 18, and live in the UK as this is where my study is focused. Thank you for taking the time to read this :)

In accordance withJust Stop Oil's website, the paint was made of an "orange cornflour" that would wash away in the rain, & several bystanders shouted at and attempted to stop the activists, & the two activists who defaced the structure were promptly arrested by Wiltshire Police, & the paint was removed the following day with an air blower to avoid damaging the stones.

I hate to admit it but I’m ready for society to crumble.

Hey, i'm making this post because like a lot of people i'm starting to get skeptical with those strategies used by activists, blocking roads, putting paint on art works and historical monuments(like those stones), of course i don't care about the action themselves but about their impact on the public's opinion about climatchange and the movement.

It just doesn't seem to work.. Sure it makes the news indirectly talk about climate change, sure we could say bad publicity is still publicity but does it real help us reach our goal?

Hello folks,

I am Georgie an MSc student studying Climate Change and Environmental Policy at the University of Leeds (UoL).

My research project seeks to explore accessibility for autistic adults in environmentalism, climate action and environmental policy in the UK.

I am posting in XR reddit because I wanted to hear from autistic members about your experiences of environmentalism and participating in climate action in the UK. Full disclosure I have been involved in XR UK/ Scotland in the past, but I am not an active member currently.

Who is eligible for the research?
Autistic adults (diagnosed, self-diagnosed, or awaiting a diagnosis) with thoughts on, or experience in environmentalism, environmental policy, or climate action. All participants need to be 18+ and reside in the UK at time of survey.

How long to complete the survey?
The survey should take no more than 10-15-minutes to complete.

You can access the survey via this link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/7YLCQI/

This survey discusses:

• Accessibility and environmentalism
• Autistic perspectives on climate change
• Access needs for climate action
• Autistic interests and demands for environmental policy
• Neurodivergent inclusion in policy development
• Interest in 1-1 follow-up remote interviews and the climate Discord forum

Your participation helps shape a better understanding of these topics. Plus, you can enter an optional prize draw for a chance to win one of two £50 Gift Vouchers!

All data used will be anonymised, further details of data usage are included at the start of the survey and your consent to participate will be requested. I have ethical approval from the School of Earth and Environment at UoL.

Please let me know if you have any questions, my student email is: ee20gahb@leeds.ac.uk and you can also contact my supervisor, Lucie via email: l.k.middlemiss@leeds.ac.uk

Please consider participating in this important research today, thank you for your time :)

1. Protest against corporate and government policies that have the highest impact on climate change.
2. Vote for government policies intended to reduce climate change.
3. Boycott corporate goods and services that have the highest impact on climate change.
4. Divest from corporations whose products and services have the highest impact on climate change.

Am I the only one who thinks sooner or later the soulless basters that are greedy and want to control everything and everyone are gonna face something that historicly has aways happened, people who are so desperate that they don't have anything to loose and will use violence against them to stop them. Once upon a time people in power feared the guillotine becouse if they betrayed their people we would cut their heads off. Now they sell their souls for power and try to leave us with nothing to loose becouse of greed which will lead to us decapitating them.

I hope that we can share this interesting Interview with Fernando Racimo of Scientist Rebellion here.
I will post a short summary in the first comments.
He is Associate Professor and climate activist with Scientists Rebellion. We talked about climate change and why passive communication might not be enough. We asked him about the strategy behind civil disobedience actions and what scientists can do beyond that to address this pressing issue.

https://laborinsohr.de/2024/06/05/fernando-racimo-scientist-rebellion/

It’s substantially less direct for the fossil fuel lobbyists.

Assumptions:

Climate change will lead to heat waves that overheat people

Climate change is a product of emissions

Emissions are a product of fossil fuels

Fossil fuel use is a product of government policy

Government policy is a product of corporate lobbying

Fossil fuel lobbyists promote fossil fuel use

Lobbyists do their jobs to support their families

Action: What can we do to help fossil fuel lobbyists change their behaviour? How we can help them connect their actions with real personal effects?

I've read somewhere that 3000 XR rebels were arrested in 2019. I also read that London has about 1000 holding cells (I don't know if this is true though). The 2019 protests did not, to my knowledge, bring about any change in policy. I presume that the 3000 people were not all arrested at the same time, and possibly not all in London? Does anybody know what the maximum of people was that were in custody at any given time? And what do you reckon how many people would have to be doing civil disobedience at the same time to force the government to make concessions?

Hello, I didn't know which subreddit would be really suitable for this post, but amongst few, I chose this, as I guess you people here have information and knowledge, or maybe different perspective on this. (And also, this subreddit isn't like 100k+ follower subreddit, so comment section won't absolutely explode beyond what I can read, I assume)

I would also like to hear opinions wheter or not my fears are actually legit, and wheter or not the 'scenarios' I'll be presenting here are even likely to happen.

So, I am worried about government intervention to climate change possibly going too far, towards 'totalitarian' system in near(ish) future. For example ban, or extentive restrictions on cars, or restrictions on flying (who can, when, why, and where etc.), and personal quotas for people on how much can they consume this and that, (regardless how much they could afford), or taxing in certain areas so much that prices skyrocket beyond what normal people can comfortably pay for..... you name it. All these are examples which I've heard someone (politicians, activists etc.) suggest somewhere.

After doing research on this using as many and as politically neutral sources possible, and after trying to form as objective view on this as possible, Im quite positive that humand kind is going to be able to survive trough climate change, as humankind is very adaptable, and possible negative changes happening due climate change won't happen overnight, and enduring the negative impacts of climate change seems better option than less or more succesful attempts to migitate the climate change leading borderline-totalitarian society.

Even though someone may view these things I mentioned necessary, I think that history has proved time to time that totalitarian systems never EVER lead to anything good.