Extinction Rebellion

On Saturday morning, climate activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) returned to the Eastcroft Incinerator, blocking the road entrance and calling attention to the environmental impacts of the waste incinerators....

Activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) gathered at the Eastcroft Incinerator entrance on Nottingham’s London Road this morning to protest plans for a new waste incinerator at Ratcliffe-on-Soar....

Right now, we are buying more clothes than ever before. With new collections dropping every week, suspiciously low prices and next-day delivery, it’s never been easier to order something for a night out. Even if it’s only for it never to be worn again. Fast-fashion retailers now produce up...

Feyintoluwa Ayanlaja  Human existence on Earth has been plagued by one man-made disaster after another. As we speed towards a sixth mass extinction, the climate crisis is no longer imminent: it’s here. For years we have been exhausted with a multitude of climate change agreements with very little promise....

Ottilie Owen On the second day of freshers, Ottilie shares some science, technology and sustainability societies… Now that it’s Welcome Week, it is once again that time of the year when students turn their attention to trying out various societies. Although this year’s Welcome Fair was slightly different from...

A 12-page document issued by Counter Terror Police South East (CTPSE) has been recalled after classifying Extinction Rebellion as ‘extremist’, alongside far right groups such as neo-nazis, white supremacists and Islamist terrorist groups. The guide was presented to various public sector workers including teachers, police and medics. All this...

On the 11th of December 16-year-old Greta Thunberg was named Time’s 2019 Person of the Year, becoming the award’s youngest ever winner. Greta was chosen ahead of a number of other nominees including Donald Trump, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and ‘The Hong Kong Protestors’. Greta began her...