LewishamXR

Interested in getting involved with XR Lewisham? Here’s what you need to know: 🌱 Everyone is welcome! We are a group of Lewisham residents concerned about the global climate emergency and what it means for our area, our families and our lives. 🧵[1/4]

TOMORROW SATURDAY 14 DECEMBER LXR monthly meeting & social event: HATCHAM HOUSE, side entrance, 367 Queens Road, SE14 5HD 4.30 pm for the meeting, then 6 ish for social time Do come to both or either events! All welcome: new, lapsed, old, and just curious folks 😀 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

SUNDAY 12 JANUARY, 11am-1pm, Forest Hill Library SE23 3HX A Climate Cafe is an empathetic space where you can talk through your feelings & thoughts about the climate crisis in a facilitated 'listening circle'. And have a cup of coffee More info & to book eventbrite.com/e/climate-cafe…

Great presentation by @paulbehrens: youtube.com/watch?v=jRMzGX…

It rained heavily last night and so I woke up to find my river had turned dark grey/almost black with a sheen of oil stretching along its entire surface. Road run off really looks like the next sewage scandal in the making. We are allowing a cocktail of damaging chemicals to wash into our rivers, permanently damaging the river & putting human health at risk. The craziest part is that unlike sewage, there is no permitting or monitoring of these discharges whatsoever by the Environment Agency or any other government department. We have no idea of the extent & scale of the potential problem.

Training on how to use Bluesky coming up on 2nd December …munity.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/bluesk…

How COP29 says @JustStop_Oil:

Another petition to tax the super-rich: act.350.org/sign/tax-their… More info: 350.org/tax-their-bill…

I see #bluesky is trending I am posting there @dpcarrington.bsky.social It's great - join us! And will stop all posting here on 20 January #Xodus

I’m sure @LordWalney will be along any moment with a report condemning this behaviour as terrorism.

London is highly vulnerable to flooding, due to a warming planet, as many cities are. Effective climate resilience for cities looks like community engagement and planning, as well as infrastructure islingtontribune.co.uk/article/eco-fo… @MayorofLondon @IslingtonBC @IslingtonTrib @XRIslington

@XRBalham @Greenpeace The best way to stop livestock's methane emissions is for each one of us to reduce or stop our consumption of meat and dairy. But neither NGOs like @Greenpeace nor politicians like to say that, because it's unpopular. So maybe we should?

We're already feeling the heat. Let’s pull the climate emergency brake! Demand the reduction of methane emissions caused by Big Meat & Dairy. #MakeMethaneVisible #ClimateChange #ActOnClimate @greenpeace act.gp/49bZTK9

@XRBalham @Greenpeace Also: x.com/LewishamXR/sta…

Chris is asking us to do something important (and see his next tweet) 👇

Drax Power Station is BURNING 27 MILLION TREES A YEAR and getting PAID by the government to do so. JOIN US to say: NO SUBSIDIES FOR BURNING TREES! 📅 02.12.24 📍 Department for Energy (SW1A 2EG) 🕗 8am Start your week by STANDING UP FOR THE PLANET 🌍 -> axedrax.uk/act?source=gp_…

48 hours to go until @fourfathers1 launch our new album of protest songs at the Endeavour in Deptford, with support from beatboxer @TheWizRD7 & some special guests! 7-11pm, free entry. Hope to see you there! thefourfathers.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of…

Just some of the 1,150 scientists calling for UK Gov to pass the Climate & Nature Bill to drive the science-led action necessary to protect us from environmental collapse (which means economic & social collapse). Hard to see how any MP would think they know better. #CANBill

Last year the previous government approved the disastrous Rosebank oil field. Fast forward to today and the climate movement is standing outside the Scottish Court of Session, with legal challenges brought by Uplift and Greenpeace, one step closer to stopping Rosebank for good.

‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high theguardian.com/environment/20…

As the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the planet, permafrost in that region is thawing and releasing carbon dioxide and methane. A new international study shows the thawing permafrost has been a net contributor to global warming in recent decades. go.nasa.gov/48NI2bV