2026 Campaign:
VOTE FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE.
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
- Climate actions that you can be a part of
- Latest news about the climate crisis
- Book review
- Sustainable business in Aotearoa
Climate Actions in January and February!
No War for Oil
Pickets at the us Consulate have been happening over January.
To join such spontaneous actions contact us directly.
Gribblehurst Summer Festival
31st January 12md – 4 pm
Help needed the at Extinction Rebellion info stall. Discussing/korero the climate crisis and what people can do. Encourage voting and invite people to sign up on the electoral roll. Invite people to the next nonviolent action
Come along and join the movement!
Contact Caril 0211883933. Set up from 11 am.
Climate Café
February 1st – First Sunday of the month
2pm ` 4pm
Auckland Art Gallery Café
Come along to meet members of Extinction Rebellion in person. Informal korero/discussion. Chat anything about the climate, with a focus on what we can do. This includes vote, lobby and being active in a climate actin group. A great way to meet with other people concerned about the climate and wanting to know what they can do about it.
Rebel Picnic
Advance notice:
Join us for the summer Rebel Picnic on Waitangi Day at Okahu Bay hosted by Ngati Whatua.
Detials in the next newsletter
Big Gay Out
Part of Pride Festival: https://aucklandpride.org.nz/
Coyle Park Pt Chevalier
Feb 16th midday – 4 pm
Help the Extinction Rebellion has an info table. Join us. Be with like minded people. Korero/discuss the climate crisis and what people can do. Encourage people to register to vote. Encourage voting! Invite people to the next nonviolent action.
EcoFest 22 March – 22 April 2026
https://ecofest.org.nz/
Activism workshop hosted by Extinction Rebellion
Enjoy a hands on workshop together dreaming up slogans, making placard and maybe even a banner. Design badges and stickers. Take your placard home for the next protest march/rally/picket. Let XR use your design for badges and stickers. Best of all enjoy being with like minded people equally concerned about the climate and wanting to get more effective action”
Details to be announced.
Climate News
New research ‘Darkwaves’ looks to help develop understanding on the impact this has on marine life and eco-systems.
Plans to exploit oil in South America could decimate efforts to reduce global heating.
A reduction in coal use in India and China is a possible glimmer of hope!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/13/coal-power-generation-falls-china-india-since-1970s
The true scale of the pollution caused by the ultra wealthy can be read about here!
https://earth.org/richest-1-exhausted-their-carbon-budget-for-2026-in-just-10-days-says-oxfam/
Book Review
Goliath’s Curse, the history and future of societal collapse.
By Luke Kemp, this 450 page book is very readable text. The main thesis is that from the Holocene onwards, egalitarian communities gradually succumbed to status competition, leading to internal & external conflicts, & were deliberately abandoned. Climatic changes were sometimes involved. Chapter headings suggest the author has some challenges for Goliaths of today, some of which we advocate for already such as deliberative democracy (how to abandon a society from within). Let there be justice, lest the world perish. He may have some ideas you haven’t thought of and at a minimum you will gain an increased ability to understand one of the greatest issues facing society today!
Auckland Libraries have 28 copies, 75 holds. Get in line today!
Businesses that are making a difference!
The Fair & Good directory
The Fair & Good directory helps consumers find ethical brands and products to help you shop with more consideration. One of the biggest ways you can make a difference is by thinking about what you buy. Not everyone has time to be part of a climate action but most people could take a little more time to think green and consider what businesses they want to support with their money. The Fair & Good directory is making that a lot more accessible and a lot more simple!
https://fairandgood.co.nz/about-us/
Allbirds
If you need a new pair of shoes for 2025 perhaps have a look at the Allbirds catalog! Allbirds have a sustainability model which includes a three step programme to monitor their carbon footprint and reduce it, with a goal of being net-zero by 2030. Read about this practice below and consider if their business practice is worth supporting!
https://www.allbirds.co.nz/pages/sustainable-practices
Live2Give organics
Live2Give is a business which promotes healthy food and sustainable eating practices as well as trying to think of different ways to use and farm the land. Live2Give sells organic produce, as well as supporting local business in Palmerston North. Check them out below!
https://live2giveorganics.nz/pages/copy-of-about-us
Finance climate activism.
XR TMA is totally financially dependent on donations. Maybe your contribution to limiting climate chaos is to make a regular contribution. These are gratefully received and enable us to be more effective.
For internet banking this is the account: Kiwibank: Extinction Rebellion Central 38-9022-0356965-00.
Extinction Rebellion’s Third Demand:
The democracy our forebears fought for is no longer serving us well. We need systemic change.
Me hanga, me whai anō Te Kāwanatanga i ngā whakatau a Te Runanga a Iwi, a te kotahitanga o ngā iwi mō te āhuarangi me ngā mōtika o ngā toiora katoa. Kia mau te hira me te oranga ki te tini me te mano puta noa i te ao. (He mea hanga Te Runanga i ngā tāngata korara o tētahi hāpori.)
The Government must assist in the construction and adhere to the decisions reached by citizen assemblies, and the united tribes about the climate and the rights of all life forms. That health, wellbeing and prosperity be secured for the myriad forms of life in the universe. (The citizens’ assembly is established by the residents of a community through sortition.)
End Fossil Fuels for <2 degrees and a liveable planet
https://extinctionrebellion.nz/xr/ https://www.facebook.com/XRTamakiMakaurau/
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