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XR UK Ways of Working and Constitution
How rebels in XR UK work together. 1. The Principles and Values are the core propositions that we need to commit to in order to act in the name of XR. 2. The Ways of Working guide how we relate to each other in all teams across the UK. 3. The Constitution...
SOS: making it work for you
How to use our Self-Organising System (SOS) effectively to organise teams and evolve an effective movement through reflection and learning. Note: If you are looking for the Constitution itself, that is in a separate book. This is to make a distinction betwe...
General SOS guidance
Advice on how to organise and make decisions within XR UK using our Self-Organising System
Role-specific SOS guidance
Advice mainly aimed at the three Core Roles of the Self-Organising System, to help carry out their mandates
Decision Making Processes
[Note: this guidance is referred to by Section C.7 of the XR UK Constitution.] This page includes some basic steps and then details specific decision making processes. It is aimed mainly at facilitators. These decision making processes are alternatives to Inte...
Constitution Roles, Policies & Support
Core role mandates The mandates for the Core Roles are defined by the Constitution (see section C.2 to understand why these are needed) and are the same for all circles. You can view all the Core Role mandates on the organism. Click the ⨁ next to each role to ...
Empowering the Movement
XRUK’s Self-Organising System (SOS) There’s a climate and ecological emergency. We can’t waste time. We need to organise in the most effective way to achieve our demands, to be the most successful we can be. So what works? XRUK has adopted the self-organising ...
Why SOS? An introductory Q&A
Please click each question to see the answer. Why do we have a Self-Organising System? XR’s tenth Principle and Value is that we are based on autonomy and decentralisation. The self-organising system (SOS for short) is a set of practices that guarantees thi...
Key Terms in SOS
The Self-Organising System (SOS) is the decision-making process adopted by Extinction Rebellion (XR). This guide walks you some key components of SOS that we adopt to further the principles and values of XR. Circle: A group or unit within the larger XR organis...
XR UK Constitution
The Self-Organising System Guiding & Empowering The Rebellion As updated 17 March 2023 We pursue great demands, but we sometimes make mistakes. We are all crew together, but we often disagree. We want to spread power, but it’s hard to do this and sta...
The Whys and Wheres of SOS terms
Why does the Self-Organising System use special terms? Our Principle and Values inspire us to find new ways of organising that foreground transparency and accountability, mitigate power and are based on autonomy and decentralisation. Naturally we also want to ...
Integrative Election Process for Roles in XR UK
[Note: this guidance is referred to by Section C.5 of the XR UK Constitution.] 1. Discuss the role The facilitator makes space for questions. Explain the purpose, domains and accountabilities where necessary. This may include, for example, what led to the crea...
Considered Majority Vote for Roles in XR UK
[Note: this guidance is referred to by Section C.5 of the XR UK Constitution.] The steps in the process are:- The facilitator reads out the mandate of the role. The term of the appointment is agreed by the team (normally 3 or 6 months). Anyone willing to...
Objection testing
[Note: this guidance is referred to by Section C.7 of the XR UK Constitution.] When a proposal is brought using the Integrative Decision Making process, the facilitator asks each member of the team if they have any objection. If there is an objection, the faci...