Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge activists continued their Schlumberger Out! campaign with a sustained week of action, featuring vigils and a banner drop. The actions highlighted the ties between the University of Cambridge and Schlumberger – the world's biggest oilfield services provider – and provided opportunities for outreach.
XR Cambridge activists climbed onto the main entrance of Schlumberger Gould Research Centre to carry out a banner drop
On 24th May 2022, Extinction Rebellion activists shut down Shell’s shareholder AGM in London. They joined activists all over the world protesting against Shell’s disregard for life. In this article, we remember Shell's victims Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Nine.”
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge have flyposted the newly-published "IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Mitigation of Climate Change" onto Senate House and the BP Institute in Cambridge as a reminder that the University of Cambridge is complicit in the climate crisis.
As the COP26 global climate conference in Glasgow moved its focus to energy, Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge activists blockaded the Cambridge research centre of oilfield services provider Schlumberger.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge activists dressed as gnomes to dig up the lawn at the Schlumberger Gould Research Centre. The event marked the fifth day of a week of sustained action against the oilfield services giant.
XR Cambridge shuts down University of Cambridge hosted oil research centre
For their recent learning circle action at NatWest bank - a key sponsor of COP26 - XR Youth Cambridge wrote a zine about COP, capitalism and environmental action.
It is time for the University and its colleges to listen to their constituent parts and the city and world they exist in. We demand, on behalf of both town and gown, that the University of Cambridge and its non-divested colleges divest their endowment funds immediately.
Extinction Rebellion Cambridge throw green paint over Cambridge Labour headquarters after Cambridge Labour reject support for the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill.
Amidst an oil & gas boom, there is no plan and there never has been
The political establishment cannot be trusted. It's time to take direct action.
Extinction Rebellion Cambridge is delighted to announce the opening of two new cycle lanes in Cambridge to assist with social distancing in the city.
We're making progress
Our last chance: will the University of Cambridge stop funding extinction?
The University of Cambridge has committed to divest all its investments from fossil fuels by 2030 - a step forwards, but far too late.
70% of the UK print media is owned by 5 billionaires, who use their newspapers as a platform for their own political agenda. The backlash against Extinction Rebellion for delaying newspaper distribution for a few hours proves that the UK does not have a free press.
Extinction Rebellion Youth Cambridge protests University of Cambridge investments in response to news that BP funds fossil fuels extraction research with its “low carbon” money.
A letter from an arrested alumnus of Gonville & Caius College
It's time to divest from ecocidal industries.
A personal account of nudity as an act of protest.
It is time for the University and its colleges to listen to their constituent parts and the city and world they exist in. We demand, on behalf of both town and gown, that the University of Cambridge and its 24 non-divested colleges divest their endowment funds immediately.
Trinity College finally caves to moral pressure from... everyone
In recent days, George Monbiot and Mark Lynas have withdrawn as speakers in the Science Museum’s Climate Talks series because of the museum’s connections with BP and Equinor. We are writing to ask you to consider doing the same.
The Government's ten-point climate plan might sound impressive, but it fails to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050, let alone get us to net zero.
Five people sit alone in the road, desperate and terrified.
It’s hard to believe that just 3 months ago, rebels were beginning the biggest and most disruptive protest Cambridge has seen since Reclaim the Streets in 1996.
Yesterday, Extinction Rebellion in Cambridge dug up the lawn of Trinity College in what, to many people, was a wanton act of vandalism…
We are not here to win a popularity contest. We are here to sound the alarm and to create the tension that opens spaces for the change we so desperately need.
An Extinction Rebellion Cambridge activist was wrongfully arrested in the early hours of Wednesday for alleged involvement in the group’s removal of Cambridge University’s anti-bird nets on the West Cambridge site – an action she did not participate in.
XR returned to the Cambridge-based research centre of oilfield services giant Schlumberger today, highlighting its role in environmental destruction in a socially distanced protest.
For over three decades, activists have been calling for action on climate and environmental breakdown through conventional means. Despite this, we are on a cliff-edge…
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic, XR Cambridge and XR Youth Cambridge have postponed all in-person protests and gatherings until further notice.
Extinction Rebellion backs "impressive" transport plans for Cambridgeshire, supports closure of Mill Road Bridge and calls for full Mill Rd pedestrianisation
Our rebel Linda talks to us about grief.
Angie got in touch with us after seeing news coverage of our actions this week to thank us for calling attention to the climate emergency and issues of over-development. This is what she wrote.
The University and colleges are enabling and legitimising industries proven to be destroying the climate and harming millions of people - particularly in the Global South. In order to tackle their global hold, the fossil fuel industry and other ecocidal industries must have their social legitimacy removed, and the University must play its part in this.
