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What is Paint The Streets?

What is Paint the Streets?

Paint the Streets is an ongoing creative campaign, raising awareness about the climate & ecological emergency through murals, stickering, flyposting, stencilling, chalking, banner drop actions and subvertising bus stops and billboards.
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To view these guidelines in one rolling doc: Paint The Streets Info Pack.

What are the aims of Paint the Streets?

Paint The Streets creative actions use images to tell the truth about climate breakdown, ecological collapse, and the injustice of our toxic system and failing governments Create an action pathway and build confidence for new Rebels

Move hearts and minds

  • Grow the movement through organic, creative, decentralised participation

  • Remind the world politics is failing but there are solutions and hope.

  • Break the media echo chamber by reaching new audiences

  • Mystify, inspire, shock, bring hope and love to people

  • Have fun!

Who can take part?

Anyone in XR! This is an inclusive campaign and we welcome all rebels.

There are creative actions for everyone from flyposting and making stencils to mural painting, creating street sculptures to folding origami offerings. For rebels to take part we ask that you are mindful of our core principles and demands as well as strategy guidance.

UK Campaigns

These are agreed with Action Circle and shared UK-wide on the Telegram chat and Rebellion Broadcast. The coordination team takes into consideration strategy, messaging, budget, capacity and builds campaigns towards key dates/themes.