I'm a mother of two students live in
Buckinghamshire and I'm an interior
designer I'm a student I'm a doctor I
went into business for 17 years a
self-employed window cleaner
their daughter of a policeman um I run
my own business I'm a mother
and a circus performer CEO of a health
care company that provides scanning
services to the NHS I come from her
originally from an engineering
background I was an engineer and they
were in the oil and gas industry I think
the most important thing is I'm a mum of
small children when we really realize
that we are living in a time of
emergency that we will see everything
that we love collapse in front of our
eyes in in a very very near future you
ask yourself what what can I do I'm
terrified of the impacts of the
breakdown of our climate on people's
health safety and well-being and I don't
see anyone else acting in a
proportionate way to stop the harm
that's coming I feel a huge sense of
personal responsibility for the damage
that I've done I've just got sick and
tired of watching governments and people
in power not doing anything about the
climate in ecological emergencies
business as usual has exacted almost an
irreversible damage on the planet we
don't have any time to waste you know
the science is absolutely clear we have
to listen to the science everything is
at stake not just the human species
we're looking at the end of life so
there's a 10 percent chance that we'll
reach 7 degrees of warming there life
cannot survive with 7 degrees warming
every 24 hours we're seeing around 200
species of plant mammal bird and insect
going extinct disappearing forever I
think we're gonna hit economic collapse
food shortages refugee crisis or more
pretty much in that order and that's an
incredibly hard thing to look at no
one's coming to rescue us and we can't
do it alone
1992 I was 10 years old the knowledge
that we now have that I now have was
already widespread and all the
governments were aware of it and they
signed a treaty to say that we must
change our ways and it didn't happen
when you have these systemic structures
that don't allow you to make change the
necessary change that you need to make
then sometimes you have to do things
differently we have to face up to the
fact that the things have to
fundamentally change and we're not even
beginning to sit down and have that
conversation amongst ourselves yet and
that's what we need to do and that's
what XR is is inviting us to do there is
nothing like it
quite frankly out there at the moment
and we need mass movement to make change
happen I was absolutely blown away by
the ethos of Exide non-violent
disruptive action and Eretz action I
thought those very powerful considering
we have no leader no exact hierarchical
structure it's the most well organized
group that I've ever been a part of it
wasn't until I got involved with XR I
realized we can actually make a
difference when I found XR I found a
place where I wasn't seen as you know
crazy environmentalist but I was
actually seen as a person who
understands the severity of the climate
crisis on the rest of the world
and the love that comes with it as well
it is not a divisive issue it is an
issue that should unite everyone and
everybody should be involved and I think
that's that's really what puts me
wearing this badge we're trying to look
after each other and look after
ourselves and we're trying to build the
future that we want for tomorrow the
hope is that we can just have a better
society
there's a quote from Robert Swan the
greatest threat to our planet is the
belief that someone else will save it we
actually have so many people that can do
something and that can do something
right now but they're not doing it and I
would just implore anybody - who's got
influenced - to just ask themselves
what's important what do they value the
most what do they stand to lose and from
that point use that that grief of what's
being lost to power them forward to
speak more truthfully and to act as
honorably as they feel able most people
are trying to do their bit and I think
it's awful that that isn't enough at
this stage we know that there's around
100 companies producing around 71
percent of the global carbon emissions
we all understand that this is a crisis
and it needs to be faced as though it is
one but there's a real difference
between intellectually understand as
Christ it's an emotionally understanding
it just mix straight at the problem and
look at it deeply and understand what it
means for us as a race standard XR be
brave say this is an emergency tell the
truth about it we have to do what's
necessary not what's politically
expedient we don't actually get thinking
get acting now the scope for damage is
going to be astronomical and we must
fight that's all that we can do you know
that there's a problem and you know that
you have an influence and you can change
things within your own company within
your own family within your own friends
so if you are in a position of influence
whether it's in politics or business you
need to bring pressure to bear so that
the government can do the things that it
needs to do to bring about the changes
that we need don't be complicit in the
destruction of the environment we don't
have to follow orders we can make a
difference we can change things look at
the longer-term bigger picture and not
the current economic climate and short
term profits it may seem daunting it may
seem scary it may seem like a big ask
but it will take us to a more beautiful
world it needs to be all of us
collectively saying we want change and
we want change now listen to the
scientists look at the empirical
evidence
the small amount of time that is needed
to really understand the seriousness of
a situation
think about what it's going to mean in
your life embrace what is needed and
then do it join in and help us get the
people in power to change things because
without that we're not going to save
ourselves and we haven't got a lot of
time left so we really really need each
other this is their last chance attempt
to do something for the planet the
invitation is to take a deep look at
yourself and ask yourself what am I here
for what good can I do in the short time
that I'm around