Birds in your back garden . Tonight, we are tackling the hottest story right now. The future of our planet. So first up, anarchists or saviours . Whatever you think of Extinction Rebellion, you will have heard of them. But did you know, it all started in a small town right here in the west country . Whose streets our streets its been a summer of disruption. People from all over the country arejoining in. Humanity is on the brink of extinction. United in a common goal. Our vision is of a world where love and kindness are the fabric of life. Their methods are extreme. But not everyones on board. Its absolutely ridiculous. Ijust want to go home. So you are saying you are making an attempt to grab publicity . In fact, you are being totally honest about that, you are doing it purely. Thats part of the process. There is no two ways about it. Our system is toxic to life on this planet, so it needs to change. We need to transform it. And it all started in the quiet cotswold town of stroud. But how . Its 9am, Gail Bradbrook and some friends are on their way to and Extinction Rebellion demonstration in bristol. Im doctor Gail Bradbrook, i have a phd in molecular biophysics. Im one of the co founders of Extinction Rebellion. Ive always been interested in how things change in social change, i was involved in the Animal Rights movement as a young woman. Ive been involved in thinking about, you know, gender and issues around racism and so on. So ive done lots of things. Yeah, its just a hot day. Itsjust an odd day, the police situation, theyve sent a delivery truck through, but now agree that only emergency vehicles are through. One of the mainjobs i do is around finance. Trying to make sure that teams have got access to money. And i suppose, for the people, it feels quite magic where the money arrives from, but from my side of things, its a bit of a sweat. Im just trying to get gail to the booth, because shes talking like iiow. Ive been focused on trying to start civil disobedience since 2010. And ive tried many things, and they didnt work. So i actually went off on a retreat and prayed in a deep way with some psychedelic medicines. It was a really intense experience. And i actually prayed for something i called the codes for social change, i thought there must be something that i dont understand. Within a month, my prayer was literally answered. I know it sounds a bit odd, but i did know since being nine, that there was something going to come. And ive been preparing. Theres ourgirl. Hey, welcome everybody. You look gorgeous you look so beautiful. We started this thing like in my house, 12 of us or something saying lets do this thing, and within a year, this movement has gone global, its been an incrediblejourney. Weve got about 100,000 people in the database in the uk, and weve reached about a Million People on social media. We have got about 130 groups across the uk, we are and 59 countries, and its growing all the time. This is a root taking just a wee bit from each stock and stem. Simon is another of the co founders of Extinction Rebellion. Hes gails ex partner, and also from stroud. I love nature very deeply, i get out in nature as much as i possibly can, and i also feel a huge sense of responsibility on a better planet to our children, to my niece and nephew. This is the nature reserve on the somerset levels, a place he says is injeopardy. This is also one thing worth noting and you may not be able to pick it up on the camera, but the sheer lack of insect life. I mean, its like a gunshot, just a sheer absence of insect life at the moment. It started for me to 2015. When i was part of a campaign in bristol to try and save land. They basically wanted to build the metro bus system and destroy some allotments up at stapleton road in bristol. And we took to the trees and freight weeks during the winter, we tried to raise as much Public Awareness is possible, we tried to challenge the mayor at the time it, ferguson. And unfortunately, we were evicted from the land, trees were cut down, and the sense of loss from that was absolutely acute for me. I realised there has got to be a different way of doing this. So that ben saw me meeting up with gail brad so that then saw me meeting up with gail brad to use the research on how to build mass movements and campaigns, and how to dovetail that into a campaign of mass nonviolent civil disobedience. Stroud is at the centre of this global movement. Its where it started. The local group still meets regularly to discuss strategy. First of all, just to say, this is our weekly meeting, i know there are quite a few new people here. Just feel yourself sitting in your chair. Feel your feet on the floor, take a big deep breath. And remember, that the planet is holding you up. So im going to read the vision statement. Our vision is of a world where love and kindness are the fabric of life. Depending on the group, we have prayers, we have a lot of christians and quakers involved in Extinction Rebellion. Your rebellion is the greatest gift you have to give. The courage of your heart and the knowing of your truths. People are starting to feel the grief and the fear of whats happening. And the meetings are a great way to actually admit this to one another. Ive really been feeling it this week. I think its the first big, it feels like the first big realisation to me like, oh my. It hit you. A really big one. Simons not at the stroud meeting, but he shows up in bristol at what they are calling, operation mushroom. A five day mass protest in cities across the uk. Its more or less like. So for people to get inspired, for people to take on board what we are doing, and why, and for that to spread in any way possible, whether its blockading or road, or more shutting down of the system thats basically destroying the planet at the moment. Extinction rebellion have three demands. They want the government to be transparent about Climate Change. Make the uk Carbon Neutral by 2025. And to set up a Citizens Assembly on environmental policies. Whose streets 0ur streets in bristol, tempers are flaring, as protesters block major roads. Why do they have to do this stupid thing . No, i leave my car parked there, and i will start walking for my medication if you do not let me through to get my medication. I left the house at seven oclock this morning, and i work for nhs, so i cant even get to the hospital. You are allowed or right to speak in public, but dont block on main city road, when people are trying to get places. Ive got a toddler at home im trying to get back to. Police move in after the motorways blocked, claiming the protesters have crossed the line of whats acceptable. 0ne driver says his father died in hospital before he could get there, because of the jams. My mums quite ill, shes in a lot of pain. She is disabled, i know how i would feel if i didnt make it to her bedside during her death. And. I cant communicate with any degree of like a real depth how sorry i am that happened. I mean, i wasnt there that day, but again, trying to communicate to people whats the alternative . We have become so sideload in the way that we think, where the media will pick up on Something Like that, and yet, weve got a situation where tens of thousands of people are dying each year in britain from air pollution. We have studied in great detail the literature about how to help things to change. You have to be disruptive, unfortunately, you can do it respectfully and peacefully, but its only by being disruptive that you get people to have a conversation about the issue. We are killing life on earth. We are in the sixth mass extinction events, and its possible human beings will go extinct. We are in a culture that doesnt want you to think about that. Its keep your head down, keep working, keep stressing about making ends meet. Wake up, folks. Its an end of the world a message thats definitely not shared by everyone, but they believe their tactics are making an impact. We have seen such a huge change in the way that the public, especially the media, has been talking about Climate Change. It has literally gone global. I dont think any of us thought that it would have happened this quickly. But we certainly dared to dream it, yes. So what do you think about . Or do you have an opinion on our new look . Come on, do let us know. We are on facebook or twitter, or you can e mail me direct. When it comes to saving the planet, our use of Plastic Packaging is a massive concern. So what do you do if you are a takeaway owner, whose business depends on it . Food, glorious food welcome to takeaway heaven. Fish and chips, kebabs, pizza, noodles, burgers, curry, pan asian, vegan, there is something for everyone. But all these delicious meals are creating a mountain of waste. So is there a way for hungry westerners to have their and eat it have their take out and eat it without contributing to our plastic disaster . This man runs chutneys, and indian takeaway resturant. He is desperate to wean his business off its plastic boxes. Hello, sir. Hello, nice to see you. Nice seeing you too. How are you . It smells good in here. Yeah, it is. Its cooking nicely. What are you making . Im making a little galfresie. Do you like hot food . Yes i do. Thats good. Absolutely delicious. On a plate. But most of these go out in the plastic boxes. Im no expert, but that is not going to be very environmentally friendly. Thats definitely not. Thats why we want to get rid of them. We are recently noticing everything happening in the world. Plastic is going to be a major issue, which is going to affect our childrens future. So you really want to change. Well, i want to change at least for my children, at least i can show them my bit. Im trying my best. Ok, thats good idea. He has his 11 year old daughter, myisha, to thank for his recent change of heart. It was when i watched blue planet, and it said about how much plastic was going into the sea life, and how it harms animals. And it got me thinking. So i went to my dad and i told him. So you really want to save the planet by doing this . Yeah. Its going to be a big challenge, he uses 700 plastic containers a week. So how about we try and help you find a solution . Definitely up for it. We are definitely up for it. That was so encouraging, he has got such a great attitude about this. I think he really wants to change. Lets see if we can help him. Sonia debbie opened vegetable diva on bristols harbourside in march, selling vegetarian food to a lunchtime crowd. But, there is one big difference. This place has a zero waste policy. Using reusable tiffin tins. Standard fare in india for more than a century. Hello. How are you . Ive brought him along to have a look. Nice to meet you too. How are you, all right . High, im sonja, hello. Its very much bring your own container, rent one of our containers, which involves paying full price, and you get a full refund when you return it. 0r buying one, what you keep. When i read a whale has died with kilos of plastic in their stomach, its, its just really touches my heart, and i just sort of think something has to be done, and if im in a position as a Business Owner to have influence, than i would like to use that influence in a positive way. Ijust wanted to run a business where i could sleep at night. So what do you think of that . I think its a great concept. Its really been a learning curve coming here and seeing that there is no plastic, and i think that might, you know, there needs to be something that we need to adopt slowly and changeover to. Sonjas lending him some of her tends to try out on his customers. But will they be prepared to take a ten pound deposit on top of their £10 deposit on top of their food to avoid plastic . 0k, great, i will catch up with you in a little bit. Wp so go give a try. Vegetable platter, pilaf race. And they wanted in a tiffin as well please. At chutneys, its nearly opening time, the kitchen is abuzz. All right, here you go. Theres your tiffin. His customers have got wind of his experiments, and many seem happy to cough up the extra £10 deposit for a tiffin. I will see you later. Cheers. See you later, man. See, you got two tiffins. Do you think thats a good idea . I do think its a good idea. It keeps it warm. And its good. Youre going to have it in a tiffin, yeah . Yeah, definitely. Ive never seen one before actually, so, yeah, it looks good. Thanks boss. Thank you. See you later. Cheers, guys. Cheers. Im going to figure out how to open it first, but it looks authentic. Yeah. Which is quite exciting. So you reckon this is the way to go . Its a forward step, obviously it with a plastic bag in my hand, i feel a bit guilty about that now. One step at a time, you cant do it all in one day. If i dont do it, im in trouble. Good you dont want that to happen. Good for you. And are you proud of your dad now . Yeah, definitely. Its going very well. I think all the customers really liked the idea, so im hoping with a little bit more work, we can actually adapt to it. Its a start, thats the biggest thing. Its a start, and its looking exciting. So how does it feel . It feels really good. I mean my little daughter who is really pushing me behind it, she likes the tiffins. Do you know what . Im really blown away by all of this. His customers havent really taken to the idea of the tiffins, and the best thing is, he really didnt have to do a hard sell, they went for it straightaway. If things carry on like this, maybe it could be the end of all of that plastic. Good on him, and his daughter. Now in ourfinalfilm, we are exploring the impact of Climate Change on wildlife where you live. Using exclusive data, nick baker can reveal the latest picture. A classic bristol suburb. A refuge for commuters. 0f bristol suburb. A refuge for commuters. Of all sorts. Im here to visit mark and jane, they run a sanctuary for swifts. All my good grief. When they said you have a few swift boxes i wasnt expecting that. Here they come. Listen, listen. 0 mark swift has been coming here for 15 years. Marks swifts. Its like having an airshow in your garden every day for free. Because they come back to my house, i treat them as my birds, and they become part of the family. You worry about them, you look forward to when they come from and you are like a pa rent they come from and you are like a parent like where are they, they are late. I just love them. Parent like where are they, they are late. Ijust love them. They make a perilous journey from africa, where they spend the winter, but this year, they arrived late, some not at all. This one has been eared this has been a weird year right to . People were e mailing me in may saying where are my swifts . What happened was an onslaught of unseasonable weather. In southern york, they have their worst weather for like 50 years. Loads of swifts died where they came up loads of swifts died where they came up exhausted from africa, and when they did get back to us, we had a terrible june here, it they did get back to us, we had a terriblejune here, it was rainy and cold and wet. England swift population has halved since 1995. A big factor is the loss of nesting sites. Most modern homes arent as accommodating as the glen bills. But there are concerns as well about the impact of Climate Change. Now garden birds are like the robin here they are doing 0k, now garden birds are like the robin here they are doing ok, because they can kind of role with the changes that the climate is throwing at them, the problem starts when you are dealing with migrant birds, the birds that are travelling to us from another country, because they timed their arrival specifically to make their arrival specifically to make the most of a natural bounty such as the most of a natural bounty such as the abundance of caterpillars. But shifting seasons means those insects are hatching earlier, fine for birds that live here all year round, but some Long Distance species are arriving too late. Mark keeps careful notes about the swifts, and then sends them to the bird charity, then sends them to the bird charity, the British Trust for ornithology. This sort of Citizen Science has given the trust and insight into how Climate Change might be affecting the natural world. They analysed 50 yea rs of the natural world. They analysed 50 years of data, and found in the west, some Long Distance birds, like the swift were especially vulnerable and in decline. We are as many garden and woodland birds such as the. Are benefiting from our milder winters. 0ne species thats really struggling is this one. In these wet boggy struggling is this one. In these wet boggy it needs wet boggy marlin to breathe, but some are trying the landscape out, and there are concerns that Climate Change could make things worse. In the south of england, the plates of this bird is desperate, in some places such as dartmoor and devon, they are close to extinction. But here in the peak district, they are just about hanging on. Im meeting james pierce higgins from the beat btl. He says migrant birds are moving north to find the conditions they need to survive. They are being negatively impacted by warmer temperatures amongst other things, we are seeing that bird communities around us our reshuffling as a result of the changes that we see. They are shifting their distribution at a pace of three or more kilometres a year. You know, these impacts are real. What they need is a fighting chance. Phd student is working on a plan. This is what the cold face looks like. You make yes, indeed. So what are you doing . |j looks like. You make yes, indeed. So what are you doing . I am measuring the compactness and hardness of the soil. And this is because you can probe the soil to find all of the insects and the worms that they feed on. So im trying to look out how ha rd on. So im trying to look out how hard the soil is whether they can. Because of its too hard they wont be able to feed. This bit of kit is a. Yes, definitely. Lets see it in action then. 0k. When the soil is too dry, worms dig too deep. Its too dry. So what is here for them to feed on . Never mind whether it can penetrate the soil, i cant get my speed in. Turns out, not much. So, out, he lose out ona out, not much. So, out, he lose out on a key part of a dinner of this bird. Her research will help another bird. Her research will help another bird charity work with farmers to restore patches of land so its more like this. Packed with worms. Make the habit thats as suitable as it can be for them in the face of Climate Change, and we are giving them a better chance to survive. And thats exactly what theyve done at the nip estate in west sussex. 0n thats exactly what theyve done at the nip estate in west sussex. On a huge scale. What once an intensive crop and dairy farm, now looks more like african scrubland. Its in english safari. No lions, but plenty of turtledoves. Completely astonishing, i dont think that anyone would have predicted that we got turtledoves back here. Owner, isabella tree, and her conservationist, penny creek, work hard to ensure that its a place where struggling species of all shapes and sizes can thrive. It can offer food resources for a turtledove with tiny little legs like that, and then youve got the other extreme with a stock with legs like that. And they are both finding their niche is here, and all the food that they need. 17 years ago, isabella and her husband decided to stop draining their exhausted soil. Quit their struggling farm, and return the land to nature. You are trying to bring back dynamics into the landscape, and being hit hands off, so you are letting nature perform, letting nature do its thing, really. Free roaming animals, like pigs and ponies keep trees and foliage from taking over. They route the earth spreading seeds and nutrients. We need to have breeding hotspots like this one, so that our wildlife can be resilient into the future. There are now a growing number of similar real wilding projects across the country. The other projects we have seen are helping to prop up threatened birds and other species in the face of a rapidly transforming world, but for how long . Birds are incredible creatures, they are adaptable and resilient, but only to a point. Less sensitivity to changing habitats, changing weather, and a changing climate. Sounds a warning to us all. And we need to listen. Thats it for tonight, hope you enjoyed the show. Hello there. Good evening. Its been a cool and blustery day for us today, but it looks like the weather is settling down much more in time for the weekend. A lot of the rain that we have seen today, and most of it on that weather front and in that the cloud is pushing down into the continent. Even the showers coming in behind that are turning fewer. Still some continuing go through this evening, in particular, many of those fading away overnight, and most those fading away overnight, and m ost pla ces those fading away overnight, and most places becoming dry. The wind direction is changing to a more of a north or northwesterly, and it will be cooler overnight. Those are the temperatures in towns and cities. We are drawing down cooler air in that northerly airflow there, you can see down across the uk. Ahead of this area of high pressure, thats building a more from the southwest, hence the weather settling down. It will keep those weather fronts at bay. Well into the weekend. After showers earlier on today for the ashes, it looks like it should be a dry day actually tomorrow, not particularly warm, got that northerly breeze, not a strong breeze, but it will make you feel on the chilly side. After 1 does my early showers for the northern half of the uk, becomes dry and sunny. We will keep a few showers going further south, but not very many, and a lot of places will be dry, there will still be sunny spells. Northerly breeze, for most of us, it will be quite late, but i stronger trees down the eastern side of both england and scotland. It will feel quite chilly towards the coast. The best of the temperatures will be further west, especially for south wales in the southwest of england. Now it with the winds easing overnight saturday night, and skies clearing, its going to be cold enough, maybe for a touch of frost in North Eastern parts of scotland. Even in northeastern england as well, thats where our where we are heading to the great north one on sunday, it will be cold out there. Decent running sort of weather really, the winds will be late, there will be lots of sunshine. Slowly warming up a little bit through the day. Cloud bubbling up bit through the day. Cloud bubbling up here and there, but not really expecting any showers to speak of. Northern ireland and western scotla nd Northern Ireland and western scotland though could be quite cloudy through most of the day on sunday, head of that, those temperatures again, 16 18d. That band of rain there waiting in the wings. That really arrives sunday night, and through monday, it sweeps down through the court back uk, heavy bursts of rain, particularly towards wales and the southwest of england, as we head into monday. These are the sort of temperatures that we are looking out to. Really quite a chilly day for the southern half of the uk. It looks better though on tuesday. Tonight at ten 0pposition parties at westminster move to block Boris Johnsons plan for a mid 0ctober general election. Labour, the snp, the lib dems and plaid cymru agreed not to back a snap poll, in case it leads to a no deal brexit. We are not going to help borisjohnson shut down parliament and try and drive us out of the European Union over an election period thats not going to happen. Boris johnson had wanted an election on october 15th. He called the oppositions stands andextraordinary political mistake. They dont trust the people, they dont want an election 0k. Perhaps it is that they dont think they will win fine. Ill go to brussels, ill get a deal
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