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5 Year Prison For JSO Peaceful Protesters? | LBC | Audio Only
The lengthy jail terms handed to five supporters of the Just Stop Oil (JSO) climate campaign – believed to be the longest ever meted out in the UK for non-violent protest – have sent shock waves through the protest community and beyond. Across the UK in communities, workplaces and wherever they have power, people from all walks of life are organising the kinds of serious climate action that will make governments take notice. The Climate Majority Project is a rallying place for citizen climate action. We help projects to grow, get funding, and connect with as many willing hands as possible. Are you part of the climate majority? We bet…
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‘Shifting The Focus’ Zoom Webinar | Greener Transport Council
Is adaptation the key to mainstreaming action on climate change? This webinar discusses new approaches to galvanising action around climate breakdown and the mobility transition.
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Individualism or Collectivism? | ‘Stories Can Save The World’
Rupert was invited to join the ‘Stories Can Save The World’ panel at The Conduit as part of London Climate Action Week.
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Leader Profiles: Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer | BBC Newscast
Rupert was honoured to talk about his long-time friend and colleague, Adrian Ramsay, in this BBC Newscast about the co-leaders of The Green Party. Listen here.
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What do you make of JSO’s Stonehenge Action? | LBC – Tom Swarbrick
Rupert was interviewed by LBC’s Tom Swarbrick about Just Stop Oil’s action at Stonehenge. He sets out how we have the power – that we must use to help face and change the future – where we work, vote and pray.
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What is the Climate Majority Project? | St Albans SustFest
Do you want to find ‘your’ place in the emerging #ClimateMajority? Look no further. This short talk will help point you to how you can find your work to do, in the great work of our times. Rupert Read is your guide. WATCH. Sustainable St Albans is a group of local people making St Albans District a more environmentally sustainable place to live. Together we find positive and creative ways to act across St Albans, Harpenden and the villages to raise awareness and address the challenges of climate change, live more sustainably, and move towards a low-carbon economy. https://SustainableStAlbans.org/ Across the UK in communities, workplaces and wherever they have power,…
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Labour’s Manifesto: an initial analysis of the presumptive next U.K. Government’s stance on…resilience…
I’ve had a quick read of Labour’s manifesto, so you don’t have to. It is immeasurably weaker than the Greens’ on climate, nature, etc. It is of course superior to the Conservatives’ actually climate-wrecking promises. But that is an incredibly low bar.
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Against a sovereignty of now: a note
We are perishing now for lack of a vision (of what is to come). In this failing civilisation of ours, we are ironically very much under the cosh of a sovereignty of now.
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Phoenix, Dodo or Butterfly? A New Play | BBC Radio
Rupert was interviewed by Louise Hulland on BBC Radio about Phoenix, Dodo, Butterfly, a new play by dramatist Steve Waters inspired by his book, This Civilisation is Finished. He also talked about how the arts have a massive role to play in getting important messages out there to a wider audience. Visit the website here for more information.
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Creating the future our hearts know is possible | Local Futures
In this episode, Rupert explores the possibilities for renewal and reconnection latent within the ecological, social and spiritual catastrophes of industrial modernity. He suggests we can, through the localisation movement, simultaneously humble ourselves enough to address our civilisational predicament, while healing ourselves and nature. He calls us to take action at the level of human-scale groups and institutions to bring about the local future “our hearts know is possible”, making a plea that we embrace this future through conscious choice, rather than being delivered to it through traumatic collapse. Follow the Planet Local Voices interview series here