Extinction Rebellion Swansea
Join us for SAMBA and DANCE in a family-friendly & Covid-safe action to mark the 5-year anniversary of the historical Paris Agreement! When: 12th of December, 12:00-2:00pm Where: Castle Square, Swansea City Centre __ On December 12th 2015 in Paris, all countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5°C to prevent a climate catastrophe. WHAT’S […]
Citizens of Swansea have been surprised by the appearance of spoof HSBC ‘adverts’ in city bus shelters and on a billboard in Dyfatty Street, Hafod. The adverts reveal HSBC’s involvement in some very shady deals around the world. HSBC has six major branches in the South West Wales area.
Swansea Council’s Pension Fund Committee politely stonewalled Climate Change protesters at their meeting on Thursday (12/09/2022). When a campaigner raised his hand to query slow progress in divesting from big oil, mining and tobacco, the verdict was ‘No questions,’ The Pension meeting was chaired by Swansea deputy leader Clive Lloyd who had claimed in letter […]
Sent to all Councillors in Swansea today.. Dear Councillor, please see the attached extract from the ANNUAL REPORT & STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2017/2018: (PAGE 109) CLICK HERE We’d be interested to know if you were already aware of this? And would you support a motion to move to ethical investments? We sincerely hope you will […]
Wednesday – Here we are at the Green Man Festival in Brecon, South Wales representing Extinction Rebellion. Lots of hanging around yesterday waiting for the crew to sort out where we are camping for the week. Eventually we set up in the corner of a lovely quiet, lush green field. Maddy’s motor home, Jenny and […]
A Swansea People’s Assembly at the Guildhall, why not? The idea was put forward by climate change demonstrators, aka Extinction Rebellion XR, in discussion with Swansea councillors on the Guildhall steps last Thursday. Council leader Rob Stewart’s response was simply ‘Yes, we can do that! We’re really keen to see more people involved in decision […]
Join us on 3rd August to help build a better future. It will also be a celebration of the City and County of Swansea declaring a Climate Emergency. Join the Procession at 12.00 from Toys “R” Us, Park Tawe, Swansea. We will walk up into the town – led by a 10’ walking tree, with […]
Tell us a little about yourself I’m Cait Mathew representing Extinction Rebellion Swansea. I’m a Human Rights student in London and I live in Swansea outside of term time. Why are you protesting outside Swansea’s Guildhall? Climate change is a real threat to the world we live in. The planet is warming up faster than […]
Today we lobbied Swansea Council Pension Fund Board to encourage them to put pressure on the Pension Fund Committee to divest their funds far more quickly from fossil fuels. They have written a Responsible Investment Policy that measures the carbon footprints of all the investments in their portfolio and also committed funds to investments following […]
Dear Swansea Council Pension Fund Member/Contributor, Extinction Rebellion congratulate Swansea Council on recently declaring a Climate Emergency. However, the investment banks, asset managers and hedge funds Swansea Council use to invest your pension in, also fund fossil fuel projects, and some of these investment vehicles are the worst offenders in funding fossil fuel projects. They […]