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What's the Point? For everyone around the world to publically commit to water for life, because water is life! Launch: Sun 24 Aug - announce your engagement / committment to water. Followed by a month of actions to promote this campaign between Sun 24 Aug to S...

2025 Sunday 24th August At the start of World Water Week, GET ENGAGED! Choose your water source (river, lake, ocean, sea, puddle, glacier... anything) and make your commitment to marrying the water in March 2026. Share the happy news with friends, family and ...

Sunday 22 March 2026 The World Water Day 2026 theme will focus on the vital role of water in achieving gender equality, highlighting how water access and management impact women and girls throughout their lives. The theme emphasizes the need for policies and p...

Mon 25 Aug - Fri 26 Sep Action Ideas Below you'll find loads of ideas that you can develop for a month of actions. Let's flood the country with watery resistence!! All Porpoise Actions A range of fun, creative, versatile and family-friendly actions from poo-th...

Commit to Water for Life! To commit to water wedding vows, you can draw inspiration from the symbolism of water – its flow, depth, and ability to cleanse and renew – to craft vows that reflect your love and commitment. Consider incorporating phrases about the ...

World Rivers Day - Sun 28 Sept Let's close off this month of action with a bang. World Rivers Day is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness and encourages the improved stewardshi...

Input Phase What do you need to mention as the Main Facilitator in the Input Phase? Welcome everyone. Introduce yourself with a sentence or two. Tell participants what this event is, i.e. a Community Assembly to “hear your voice on the question of …. ?” Ask i...

Each assembly needs: Main Facilitator (Ideally two with a gender balance) Sometimes called Lead Facilitator. They are responsible for the overall running of assembly, timekeeping, and the delivery of all relevant information. They facilitate the discussion u...

There are three main phases of a community assembly, these are the input phase, the deliberation phase, and the integration/feedback phase. Input Phase This phase can be broken down further into the introduction and input, the latter of which can be of varying...

Breakout Group Facilitators are mainly needed in the deliberation phase of a Community Assembly, with at least one facilitator per group. What do you need to do as a breakout group facilitator during the deliberation phase? Introduce yourself briefly. (Say ...

Statement to use to promote communication that connects in online chats Developed by Systems and Cultures Circle June 2025 The statement below can be used by anyone who feels that the tone and language in an online chat needs to be de-escalated to allow everyo...

As you can imagine, XRUK is deeply concerned about the Government's proscription last week of a nonviolent direct action group against the genocide in Palestine. The implications for the right to protest are troubling and we have developed the following policy...

In recent years Zoom has become the most common software in usage for meetings and assemblies. Here is some guidance for holding Community Assemblies via Zoom: Settings Management To create a Zoom link and publicise it everywhere, check Extinction Rebellion gu...

To campaign and raise money to fund a Citizens’ Assembly on Water in the UK, to respond to the suggested question: “How might we manage our water in a way that is environmentally sustainable and equitable?” This question is open for further suggestion, and ult...

This is an initial estimate. It is not prescriptive. The Alliance, when assembled, will define this for itself. It is suggested that each participating organisation will second one person to represent it in the Water Pressure Alliance. They will be joining t...

Sunday 24th August What's the Point? For everyone around the world to publically commit to water for life! Enagagement is an emotional involvement or commitment. We're asking everyone to choose a water source and over the next seven months, nuture our relation...

Here you’ll find loads of resources you can use to promote your event/campaign. We have also created outreach materials for you to promote your ceremony. You can use the editable versions of the leaflets to add your text, QR codes and date/place of your ceremo...

BBB Meeting Room Settings for Three Different Scenarios Scenario 1. An open meeting, which anyone can join, especially people outside of XR. Login to your BigBlueButton account Either add a new room, or edit the settings of an existing room. Go to settings. Fo...

Facilitators and Note-takers We are always looking for more facilitators for small breakout room discussions. You can watch the Assembly Facilitation training via recorded video. Contact us to volunteer as an Assembly Facilitator (or to ask questions, stating...

Songs The Climate Choir Movement have songs to learn and a growing number of choirs around the UK that you could connect with. Other suggestions: Backwater Blues - Bessie Smith The River is Flowing - Native American song The River - kids song When the Levee Br...