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06. Art and Design
The heart of XR is colourful and engaging art, craft and design. XR Art and Creative groups range from Design, Art Blockers, Paint The Streets to Theatre, 3D Makers, Red Rebel Brigade and more!
07. Media and Messaging
One stop shop for all your Media, Messaging and Communications needs.
02. Local Group Essentials
Everything you need to know to build a healthy, resilient, empowering and enjoyable local group.
04. Actions
Everything to help you plan and execute your own action (before, during and after). Plus information on attending an action as a participant and in an Action Support role. Also included are many examples of Action Packs and design ideas.
10 Tech Support
01. Your Journey
Begin your journey from couch to rebel!
03. About XR
Our demands, core strategy, organisational structure.
08. Outreach and Integration
Growing our movement from initial contact to involvement in supporting to taking part in NVDA
05. Talks and Training
Talks and Training can fit in at any part of the Rebel Journey They can be developed by you and your group: - using resources here - or accessed here using video recordings and documents here - or you can book someone to give a Talk or a Training course ...
09. Community and Alliance Building
How to build relationships with individuals and groups outside of XR
Engaging Our Rebels
Ways to activate Rebels Momentum building and online campaigning Ideas for simple things you can ask rebels to do, to encourage their activism.
Mobilising the Community
Keep it simple, focus on mobilising energies where we know it’ll work – reaching and energising Local Group rebels, and bringing new people to the movement by sharing the science. The people we already know are the easiest to reach out to. We could double, tre...
How to contribute to the Rebel Toolkit
A new vision for the toolkit has arrived! Please read the first page of this book for latest information on how to contribute.
Connecting with the Community
So mobilising people to join the Rebellion is only one side of the coin. We need to offer an alternative so that those in our communities who don’t wish to engage in Direct Action can also have their voices heard. ALL of us need to come together to demand chan...
Rebel Starter Pack
The Rebel Starter Pack may be your very first link to Extinction Rebellion. It covers some of the basics of what XR is and a few tips about where to start. This handbook has been put together by the UK Rebel Pathway team.
Rebel Responders Online Outreach Handbook (Troll Patrol)
We are not here to fight, but achieve XR's demands (Tell the Truth, Act Now, Beyond Politics). We use honesty and wit, de-escalating arguments and distracting people from causing misinformation and public harm. The goal of this document is to list common ne...
Informed Dissent Resources
There is no such thing as an 'unarrestable offence'. This is something we should all know when participating in a protest. But, as we also know knowledge is power. Being well equipped with the knowledge of your rights and duties in regards to yourself and othe...
Building Local Groups
Resources on starting up new Local Groups, organising in Local Groups and growing your groups.
Rebel Next Steps Pack
This pack is for rebels who have read the Rebel Starter Pack, agree with what we stand for and now want to get more involved with XR UK. It is designed to be a resource for rebels to dip into and come back to as needed, covering all the key parts of how XR wor...
Integrator Handbook
This is an Onboarding Tool for Integrators from any Working Group (WG) or Local Group (LG). In this handbook, you should find the resources you need to Welcome new and existing Rebels to your team or LG. If the Rebel is brand new, be sure to direct them to...
Art Blockers
Physical art and making - woodblocks, painting, flags, banners!
Paint The Streets
Info split between UK Action Packs and Arts shelf
Design
Design Programme, fonts, logos, woodblock images, colours. Leaflet and poster designs.
Building Teams
Self-Organising System, mandates, healthy teams and meetings. Resources for you and your team. From starting off, to resolving issues to the best practices we have for building and maintaining healthy teams.
Affinity Groups
An AG is a group of people who support each other to take part in nonviolent direct action (NVDA)
Action Network for XR
XRUK's mailing system containing separate 'email lists' for Nations & Regions, Local Groups, Campaigns, Volunteers, Talks and Training, all connected in one big 'network'. This book contains guidance for how to become an admin of a list, to send emails, how...
Rebellion Academy
Online Training resources for Rebels to do in their own time, at their own pace.
A guide to group chats on signal, whatsapp and telegram
Mattermost, Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram - how to choose! Set up and run a secure and effective XR Group Chat.
Fundraising for Local Groups, Regions and Nations
Local groups have many demands on their time. This fundraising information below is not meant to be one more job for rebels, but it is support to save time for those who do want to get involved. There are fundraising sheets to print on page 18 in section...
Community Alliance Building
Resources for helping Local Groups to build alliances with community groups in their area.
Designing an Activation Campaign
Consider your messaging narrative and timeline for the coming Rebellion, think about how it links to the actions you are planning, the story you are telling. Who are you talking to, what information do you need them to know, what are you asking them to do? ...
We are Everyone
We have all agreed upon joining XR to welcome everyone and every part of everyone, therefore there is a duty for us to do as much as we can to ensure everyone has access to our resources and that we are welcoming to a diverse range of people. We cannot be p...
Ways to do outreach
Reactivating Rebels
With a Rebellion on the horizon your first step is to gear up the rebels in your local group! This can be done with Talks, Drop-ins, Campaigns, or Workshops among other things. The key is to get people talking! Start with a question and give them something sm...
Talking About the Emergency
Whether you have a crowd of people to host a talk for or you are starting conversations on the street with passers by it is good to have all the information at your fingertips.
Making Connections
Your local area will be made up of neighbourhood communities, organisations, businesses, and communities of identity. Polls show that UK citizens care about Climate Breakdown and a quarter of these believe XR is effective as a movement, but only a small po...
Maintaining Relationships
The strength of any community depends on good relationships built on trust, cooperation, caring and resilience.
Bringing the Community Together
Imagine bringing every centre of worship, charity, trust, research group, book group, parents association and local business together to discuss the future of your area. Imagine hearing the dreams of our children held up as goals for our neighbourhoods. Imagin...
Preparing for new rebels
Recruiting new rebels
Welcoming new rebels
Patches
Printed onto cloth and then pinned wherever suits that Rebel!
Core Design Programme
The principles of graphic design to produce XR's destinctive look, and artwork to use. See also the Global Media Library page for artwork samples.
Paint The Streets
This is a live doc! To find the most up-to-date Paint The Streets (PTS) info doc please find it linked in the very first page of this book. Use the Toolkit version for ease of browsing.
Training and guides
XR Art Blockers have developed these facilities to help you provide prints for your actions !
Hub Admin Guides
This chapter is only relevant for people with the role of Hub Admin.
Badges
Print onto A4 (eco-friendly!) sticker paper.
Block Artwork
Artwork for printing, painting and woodblocks.
Flag Templates
Artwork for printing flags.
Paris '68 Redux
Paris '68 Redux reinterprets the work of the “Atelier Poplulaire”. The “AP” were groups of students, union members and everyone coming together (in Paris May, 1968), work-shopping ideas, then voting on which ones to mass produce, printing tons and going straig...
Using Social Media
When using Social Media as a part of your campaign it is important to consider the platforms you are using and how this may alter your content. Check out the hashtags and links Here. If you find the idea of Social Media alarming check out our Nervous Rebel's...
Principles Of Inclusivity
In order to build an inclusive approach towards involving all sections of society in the struggle to highlight the Climate Emergence, it is necessary for XR to pay particular attention to five activity areas: Organisation and running of meetings The prod...
Campaign Design
Consider your messaging narrative and timeline for the coming Rebellion, think about how it links to the actions you are planning, the story you are telling. Who are you talking to, what information do you need them to know, what are you asking them to do? ...
Doorknocking
Door Listening Why Door-to-door Listening? Approaching members of your local community to invite them to take part in Actions or Community Assemblies. The process of knocking on people’s doors and simply listening to what they have to say is both humbling an...
Editing Pages
Any rebel with a Communications Hub login can edit pages within dedicated 'wiki' spaces, but from Sep 2023 onwards, the overall Rebel Toolkit will being more curated with specific team (with the appropriated mandate) having exclusive access to curate and maint...
Reactivation Talk
No Time to Lose if we Want to Live Summer 2020, the world has been in lockdown, rebels have been isolated for months and yet their apetite for Action has grown! Lockdown has been tough. Our movement asked its rebels if they wanted to proceed with a Summe...
Email Campaigns
An email campaign is an excellent addition to any messaging campaign for your area! It allows you to send timed emails over a period, target your emails to specific parts of your mailing list, delay follow-up emails and send emails in response to actions ...
Rebel Ringing
Rebel Ringing enables us to call Rebels in our local area, check in with them and let them know about local actions/events/talks etc. It is a really effective way to re-engage dormant Rebels, spread the word about upcoming actions/events and strengthen the mo...
The Heading for Extinction Talk
Okay, so you’re in a conversation with someone who is open to XR - what next? Invite them to a specific event! One of the best talks is still the classic Heading for Extinction Talk (HfE). It remains one of XR’s most powerful outreach tools - it informs peo...
Don't be Afraid to Ask!
“The good news for organizers who want to help build the political revolution is that people really are just waiting for you to ask them to do something big.” ― Becky Bond, Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything Every event s...
Digital Team
Do you have a project in mind which has a digital side to it? See the Digital Team page for advice on how to get assistance.
How to debrief
As the movement grows, it is important that we learn from our achievements and our mistakes. A debrief after an action gives us the opportunity to recognise our skills and weaknesses and to develop ourselves both as individuals and part of a team within the mo...
Rebel Starter Pack Printable PDF
The Rebel Starter Pack may be your very first link to Extinction Rebellion. It covers some of the XR basics and a few tips about where to start. Link to printable PDF Link to black and white printable PDF Produced by: UK Pathways Team (last updated Feb 2023...
Why XR?
These two short videos (not in the pdf version) explain where Extinction Rebellion came from and why people have joined since. 1. A mixture of people and their reasons for joining XR: Why we joined XR 2. How extinction Rebellion Started: How XR Started &g...
What do we want to achieve?
We have three demands. Included here are some additional videos (not included in the printable pdf). 1. TELL THE TRUTH All institutions must communicate the danger we are in. We are facing an unprecedented global emergency. Life on Earth is in crisis: scientis...
What do we use to guide us?
We have ten Principles and Values Anyone who follows these core principles and values can take action in our name. (This text includes the longer version of these, the printable page below the shorter version.) 1. We have a shared vision of change: creating a...
Climate grief & anxiety
The crisis we find ourselves in can cause us very real and painful emotions such as grief, hopelessness and anxiety. Telephone Active Listening Extinction Rebellion has a Trained Emotional Support Network (TESN). You can make a request to speak with a traine...
How you can learn more
Rebellion Academy is a website for both new and existing rebels who want to know more about how to get involved. Once you have created an account you have access to: • more information about XR • a quiz to find out what type of rebel you are • online train...
How our meetings work
Many of our online meetings use Zoom. You don't need an account to join a meeting, just: Open an internet browser. Go to zoom.us/join Enter your meeting ID (provided by the organiser) Click Join This video shows how to set up Zoom if you haven't used it befo...
How you can get involved
Extinction Rebellion is made of people from various backgrounds, ethnicities, communities and identities. Here are some different ways of connecting with people within the UK: Take part in actions Find actions and events happening near you on our actions m...