Past Events

28th January 2026 7:00pm
In Person
Where

The (Four) Thieves pub
51 Lavender Gardens
SW11 1JW
United Kingdom

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 

14th January 2026 6:30pm
In Person
Where

Tooting United Reformed Church
Rookstone Road
SW17 9NQ
United Kingdom

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!

13th January 2026 7:30pm
Online

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!

6th January 2026 7:30pm
Online

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!

13th December 2025 11:00am
In Person
Where

Southside Shopping Centre
Wandsworth High Street
SW18 4TF
United Kingdom

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!

9th December 2025 7:30pm
Online

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! 

1st December 2025 7:00pm
In Person
Where

Battersea Arts Centre
Lavender Hill
SW11 5TN
United Kingdom

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)

25th November 2025 7:30pm
Online

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 9 December at 7.30pm. 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! 

18th November 2025 7:00pm
In Person
Where

The Four Thieves pub - TBC
51 Lavender Gardens
SW11 1JW
United Kingdom

The XR Wandsworth Book Club is back after a summer break!  We will be reading  'LOVE, ANGER AND BETRAYAL' by JONATHON PORRITT, a close and personal examination of what motivates young climate activists. Jonathon Porritt spent a year talking to 26 young JSO campaigners who shared their stories.
 
Caroline Lucas describes it as a 'deeply uncomfortable but overwhelmingly necessary book'.

Venue TBC (hopefully The Four Thieves pub if its refurbishment is done)

11th November 2025 7:00pm
Online

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!