Past Events

CHANGE OF DATE/TIME 
As we’ve got a number of evening meetings next week, we’re moving our usual XR Wandsworth  Planning Meeting to WEDNESDAY 18th  FEBRUARY at 8.00.

 
This will be a short meeting, allowing those attending the online Wild Wandsworth briefing at 7.00 to join us. It will be our last organising session for our ACTION ON 4th MARCH, so hope to see you on Zoom on Wednesday. 
 

Wandsworth resident, Susannah Fisher, talks about her new book on adapting to climate change - Sink or Swim: How the world needs to adapt to a changing climate

Balham Library, 16 Ramsden Road, SW12 8QY
16 February, 7pm to 8.30pm

Should we move away from low-lying coastal areas? 
What role should the military play?
How do we manage conflict over water?

It's still only January and we've got lots coming up for 2026. As part of our Wake Up Wandsworth campaign, we have an action on 4 March to highlight the need for emergency planning at the local level. We also need to start planning an action around biodiversity for the spring. We have a couple of talks coming up, plus our regular book group.  Do join us and get stuck into planning - all welcome!!

Our next book will be Juice by Tim Winton, an epic dystopian novel.

We like to vary our choices and this one is Mad Max meets The Road, by a blockbuster Australian author, twice Booker shortlisted, who spent 7 years writing it.

You can read an interview with Tim Winton about the book here:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/03/tim-winton-juice-book-interview?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other 

Could we make every Tooting street ‘free energy’, net zero and self sufficient? Join Transition Town Tooting, People Owned Power, Crew Energy and XR Wandsworth for a FREE screening of Power Station to discuss!

This meeting is specifically to plan an action highlighting our third Wake Up Wandsworth demand: for local-level planning for climate emergency events. All welcome - all your ideas needed!

This will be our first meeting of the new year - time to look back over 2025 and start planning for 2026. As part of our Wake Up Wandsworth campaign, we will be planning actions to highlight the need for emergency planning at the local level and for more biodiversity - do join us if you possibly can! SAVE THE DATE!

For the fifth year running, Green Santa and his Elves will be turning up at Southside Shopping Centre on a Saturday before Christmas for carol singing, Discobedience dancing and spreading the message that showing your love doesn't have to mean buying a whole load of 'stuff'. We'll be outside Southside from 11am to 1pm, then heading off to a nearby pub. Do join us - it's fun! All welcome!

Our fortnightly planning meetings are a good way to meet others from the Wandsworth group and get involved in planning future events. If you're new and prefer just to take a back seat and observe for a bit, that's fine. All welcome! 

Jonathon Porritt introduces his new book, which asks: ‘What good are science and rational persuasion if no one is paying attention?’

‘Magnificent and crucial. This book should be a lodestone for all we believe in.’ (George Monbiot)