Now on bbc news, an inside out west Climate Change special, with exclusive access to the Campaign GroupExtinction Rebellion. Exclusive interviews with the people behind Extinction Rebellion. I know it sounds a bit odd but i did know since being nine that something was going to come. And ive been preparing. Plus i meet the curry king who wants to ditch plastic. Im no expert but that is not going to be very environmentally friendly. Thats definitely not. Thats why we want to get rid of it. And what impact is Climate Change having on birds in your back garden . Tonight, were tackling the hottest story right now the future of our planet. So first up anarchists or saviors . 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. Cheering. Chanting. 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. I know it is ridiculous. Ijust want to go home. Making an attempt to grab publicity. Youre being totally honest about that. Thats part of the process. Theres 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 an Extinction Rebellion demo in bristol. Im dr 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 some updates on the police situation. Theyve let a delivery truck through. But now agreed 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 other people, it feels quite magic where the money comes from but from my side of things its a bit of a sweat. Im just trying to get gail to the boat because shes talking now. 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 i dont understand. Within a month my prayer was literally answered. I know it sounds a bit odd but i did know since been nine that something was going to come and ive been preparing. Theres ourgirl. Welcome, everybody. You look gorgeous. You look so beautiful. We started this thing in my house, it was like 12 of us or something. Saying, lets do this thing and then within a year this movements gone global. Its been an incrediblejourney. Weve got about 100,000 people on the database in the uk. We reach about a Million People with social media. Weve got 130 groups across the uk. Were in 59 countries and its growing all the time. This is taking just a wee bit from each stalk and stem. Simon bramwell 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 to pass 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. And this is also one thing worth noting, and you might not be able to pick it up on the camera, but the sheer lack of insect life. I mean, its like a gunshot. Just the sheer absence of insect life at the moment. It started for me in 2015 when i was part of a campaign in bristol to try and save land. They basically wanted to build the metrobus system and destroy some allotments up at stapleton road in bristol. And we took to the trees and for eight weeks during the winter we tried to raise as much Public Awareness as possible of it. We tried to challenge the mayor at the time, 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 and i realised theres got to be a different way of doing this so that saw me meeting up with Gail Bradbrook to use the research on how to build mass movements and campaigns and how to dovetail that into a campaign of mass non violent 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 that this is our weekly meeting. I know theres 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 your 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, well have prayers. Weve got a lot of christians and quakers involved in Extinction Rebellion. Rebellion is the greatest gift you have to give. The courage of your heart and the knowing of your truth. 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. Feels like the first big realisation to me. Like a really big one. Crying. Simons not at the stroud meeting but he shows up in bristol at what theyre calling 0peration mushroom, a five day mass protest in cities across the uk. For people to get inspired, for people to take on board what were doing and why and for that to spread in any way possible whether its blockading a 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. Think about it before doing this stupid thing. Ill leave my car parked there and start walking for my medication if you do not let me through to get my medication. Left at 7am this morning and i work for nhs and i cant even get to the hospital. Youre allowed to speak in public but dont block the 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 motorway is 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, shes disabled. I know how id feel if i didnt make it to her bedside before her death. I cant communicate with any degree of real depth how sorry sorry i am that happened. I mean, i wasnt there that day. But again trying to communicate to people whats the alternative . Weve become so siloed in the way 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. Weve 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. Were in the sixth mass extinction event and its possible that human beings will go extinct. Were 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 message thats definitely not shared by everyone but they believe their tactics are making an impact. Weve seen such a huge change in the way that the public and 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 of that . Or do you have an opinion on our new look . Come on, do let us know. Were on facebook or twitter or you can email me direct at seb bbc. Co. Uk. When it comes to saving the planet, our use of Plastic Packaging is a massive concern. So what do you do if youre 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. Theres 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 takeout and eat it without contributing to our plastic disaster . Moslek uddin runs chutneys, an indian takeaway in weston. Hes desperate to wean his business off its plastic boxes. Hello, sir. Hello, nice to see you. Nice to see you too. How are you . Yes, it smells good in here. Yeah. Its cooking nicely. What are you making . Im making a little jalfrezi. 0h. Do you like hot food . Yes, i do. Thats good. Thats 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 it. 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 . I want to change at least for my children. At least i can show that ive done my bit or im trying my best. Thats a good idea. Hes got his 11 year old daughter maisha 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 actually 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. Moslek 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. Mosleks got such a great attitude about this. I think he really wants to change. Lets see if we can help him. Sonya devi opened vegetable diva on bristols harbour side in march, selling vegetarian food to a lunchtime crowd. But theres one big difference. This place has a zero waste policy, using reusable tiffin tins standard fare in india for more than a century. Hello. I brought moslek to have a look. Hi. Hello. Its very much bring your own container, rent one of our containers which involves paying the full price and then you get a full refund when you return it or buying one which you keep. When i read that a whale has died with kilos of plastic in their stomach, itjust really touches my heart and ijust sort of think something has to be done. And if im in a position as a Business Owner to have influence then id 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 needs to be something that we need to adopt slowly and change over to. Sonias lending moslek some of her tiffins to try out on his customers. But will they be prepared to pay a £10 deposit on top of their food to avoid plastic . Im going to catch up with you in a little bit, so go and give this a try. Thank you very much. All right. At chutneys, its nearly opening time the kitchen is a buzz. There you go. Mosleks customers have got wind of his experiment and many seem happy to cough up the extra £10 deposit for a tiffin. I will see you later. Do you think its a good idea . I do think its a good idea. It stops the containers. Keeps it warm. Its good. You going to have it in a tiffin . Yeah, definitely. Ive never seen one before actually. Yeah, looks good. Thanks. Well, thank you. Cheers. Im going to figure out how to open it first. It looks authentic. Yeah. Which is quite exciting. Do you reckon this is the way to go . Its a forward step. Obviously i got a plastic bag in my other hand. I feel a bit guilty about that. One step at a time. You cant do it all in one day. If i dont do it, im in trouble. Good are you proud of your dad . Definitely. Its gone 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 whos really pushing me behind, she likes the tiffins. Its good. Do you know what . Im really blown away by all of this. Mosleks customers have 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 straight away. If things carry on like this maybe it could be the end of all that plastic. Good on moslek and his daughter. Now in ourfinalfilm were 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 of all sorts. Im here to visit mark and jane granville. They run a sanctuary for swifts. Oh my good grief when they said you had a few swift boxes i was not expecting that. Swifts call. Marks swifts have been coming here for 15 years. Its like having an airshow in your garden, forfree. Because they come back to my house i treat them like my birds. And they become part of the family. You look forward to when they come. You are like a parent and you worry about them. Some arrived late, some not at all. This year has been a weird one. A strange year this year. People were e mailing me saying where are they . What happened was an onslaught of unseasonable weather. In may in Southern Europe they had the worst weather for about 50 years and loads of swifts, they came up exhausted from africa and when they got back to us, we had a terrible june and it was cold and wet. The swift population has halved since 1995. A big factor is the loss of nesting spots. Most modern homes are not as accommodating as the granvilles. They are concerned about the impact of Climate Change. Garden birds like rob the robin here, they are doing 0k and they roll with the changes that the climate is throwing at them but the problem starts with migrant birds, ones that travel to us from other countries because they time their arrival specifically to make the most of the natural bounties such as an abundance of caterpillars. Shifting seasons mean the juicy insects are hatching earlier which are fine for birds that live all year round, but Long Distance species are arriving too late. Mark keeps careful notes about his swifts and then sends them to the British Trust for 0rnithology. This Citizen Science has given the trust an insight into how Climate Change is affecting the natural world. They analysed 50 years of data for inside out and found in the west some Long Distance birds like the swift, cuckoo and the warbler are especially vulnerable and in decline. Many garden and woodland birds such as the goldcrest and and nuthatch are benefiting from the milder winters. 0ne species really struggling is the curlew. It needs wet and boggy places to breed but some farming practises are drying this landscape out and there are concerns Climate Change can make things worse. In the south of england the plight of the curlew is desperate and in some places like dartmoor and devon they are close to extinction. But here they are just about hanging on. Im meeting james pierce higgins and he is saying that birds are moving north to find the conditions they need to survive. They are impacted by warmer temperatures among other things and we are seeing bird communities around us shuffling because of the things we have seen. The distribution is shifting at a pace of about three or four kilometres a year and these impacts are real. What the curlews need are a fighting chance. Phd student leah is working on a plan. This is what the coalface of curlew conservation looks like. I am measuring the soil and this is because curlew probe it to find their insects and worms they feed off so i look to see how hard the soil is because if it is too dry they will not get in to feed. So this is basically a curlew. So what is here for curlew to feed on . Turns out, not much. So you lose a key part of a dinner for the curlew. This will help another bird charity, rspb, work with farmers to restore a part to make patches of land so it is more like this. Packed with worms. If we can try to make the habitat as good as it can be for them in the face of Climate Change we give them a better chance to survive. And that is exactly what they have done west sussex, on a huge scale. Once an intensive crop or dairy farm it now looks more like an african scrubland. An english safari, no lions but plenty of turtledoves. I do not think anyone would predict that we would get turtledoves back here. The conservationists and the owner work hard to make sure that the struggling species of all shapes and sizes could thrive. It can offer Food Resource for a turtledove with tiny legs like that and then you have the other extreme of a stork with legs like that and they are both finding their niches here and all the food they need. 17 years ago, isabella and her husband, stopped draining their exhausted soil and quit their struggling farm and returned the land to nature. We are trying to bring back dynamism into the