Activists from Extinction Rebellion Glasgow have planted trees in the ground where property developers had previously cut them down On the night of Monday 13th May 27 rebels planted 52 trees. The trees were all different types, having been donated to the cause from various sources. Some of the trees ...

Protestors arrested for disrupting the Scottish Oil Club dinner on 8 March 2019 at the National Museum of Scotland are no longer being charged. The non-violent activists were arrested under Section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. Their cases have been marked as ‘no further proceedings’ ...

Activists pretend to die in Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum to raise awareness that the accelerating ecological and climate emergency may cause the extinction of the human race At a pre-arranged signal of a violin playing, approximately 300 people of all ages, many of whom were families, lay down ...

Extinction Rebellion Scotland successfully blocked North Bridge, Edinburgh from 3pm – 8.30pm today in CLIMATE EMERGENCY ROAD BLOCK which resulted in 29 arrests – Over 700 people attended the road block – A cycle block from 5 points across the city converged on North Bridge at 3pm– 29 people were arrested – ...

Welcome to the Rebellion – Science Not Silence – Extinction Rebellion Scotland herald Scotland’s Rebellion by dropping banners over Edinburgh’s iconic Victoria Street, from Glasgow’s Finnieston Crane and across the City Chambers in George Square, Glasgow ahead of two days of education and disruption in the Scottish capital. – Extinction Rebellion ...

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion Glasgow dropped a huge banner from Finnieston Crane today with the message: ‘Science not silence”. Climbers with ropes scaled the iconic structure and hung the banner, which was designed to be visible from the BBC Scotland building, to remind the BBC and the people of ...

TODAY at midday, on the 28th of March, activists from Extinction Rebellion Scotland interrupted First Minister’s Questions to push for greater action on the most important issue of our time: the climate crisis. Activists dropped a banner from the gallery and asked “Will the First Minister establish a citizen’s assembly ...

At 5pm, a group of around 30 activists sat down in the middle of the main hall and held a peaceful People’s Assembly focusing on the damage done to the world by the fossil fuel industry and paths to transition away from it immediately. XR Scotland occupy National Museum of ...

Guy Bowen interrupted a Glasgow City Council meeting today at 1.45pm to demand that council members declare a Climate Emergency. The Council Environment, Sustainability and Carbon Reduction City Policy Committee has been meeting since mid-2017 to discuss the establishment of a Climate Emergency Working Group. Guy Bowen commented: ‘The ...

#AsThePlanetBurns #BurnsDayCitizensAssembly #ScottishCitizensAssembly   www.facebook.com/xrscotland www.facebook.com/xredinburgh www.twitter.com/scotlandxr www.instagram.com/xrscotland We are facing an unprecedented global emergency.  Our governments have failed to protect us. 2018’s IPCC Report warned that there are only a dozen years left for global ...