Extinction Rebellion Sutton

We had an action today at the Wallington Farmers Market promoting the petition to Sutton Council to declare a climate and ecological emergency in the borough and commit to change to reduce green house gas emissions and complete the Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve. 

PETITION HERE - PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE 

Viridor/Pennon Group have responded to Extinction Rebellion Sutton and the international movement that will mobilise across world cities next week by putting the incinerator on full security alert and have shut the site down so that the bird group no longer have key access but can still access the site through the security entrance. On speaking to the main communications person, the company are keen to build on local community cooperation to complete the nature reserve. Good to hear Extinction Rebellion are making a positive impact and directors of corporations are sitting up and listening.  

 XR Sutton with 'Nature's Graveyard' - tombstones of extinct species. We also had a local nature's graveyard featuring species that were extinct or near extinct in Sutton- the most significant case being the Beddington Tree Sparrows. 

 Local MP Tom Brake signing the petition and supporting the rebellion 

Tom Brake agreed to sign the petition if we stopped fly postering his office 

 Nick Mattey- arch enemy of Liberal Democrat Tom Brake also supporting the petition - good to see something they agree on and rebellion bringing people together. Mattey has devoted his life to 'destroying the Sutton Lib Dems' 

 The Beddington Farmlands Tree Sparrow tombstone - numbers have dropped from 1000 birds in 2007 to only 2-3 pairs today 

 Nature's Graveyard 

 Our stand 

A bit of information on local extinctions 

Jacob with the Human Tombstone- 'self extinction: date/future unknown '

EXTINCTION REBELLION ARTICLE IN FINANCIAL TIMES

EXTINCTION SPEECH BY ATTENBOROUGH