Scientists & academics engaging in civil disobedience to secure a livable future
As part of the national ‘Turn off the gas tap!’ (Draai de gaskraan dicht!) campaign, Extinction Rebellion and Scientist Rebellion staged a protest at the Waalwijk Noord gas field on Saturday 11 July 2026. For three hours, we occupied the gas field and made our message loud and clear: with 20,000 extra deaths in Europe … Read more
On 14 May, Museum Kröller Müller (Hoge Veluwe National Park near Otterlo) and our colleagues from Scientist Rebellion launched the collaborative project Art and Climate Walk ‘With Fresh Eyes’ in the sculpture garden of the museum. Visitors are invited to reflect in a walk past 9 sculptures on the role of art, science and humanity … Read more
The Radboud S4F/SR group joined forces again with the Vegan Student Association today on Earth Day. We handed out bags of free potatoes to students and staff. The potatoes were obtained from a local farmer in answer to a call from No Waste Army to give this surplus stock a good kitchen. With the action, … Read more
SR and XR-Achterhoek at the ForFarmers Annual General Meeting on 16 April 2026. On 16 April, 44 activist shareholders from Scientist Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion attended the ForFarmers Annual General Meeting (AGM). This large, international animal feed company, headquartered in Lochem, produced 10.5 million tonnes of animal feed for farm animals in the Western European … Read more
Stop Big Agro, part of XR Agriculture, is organising a protest against Yara’s fertiliser productionProvincial Government Building, Abdijplein, Middelburg, 27 March 2026 – 12:00 The action group Stop Big Agro, part of XR Agriculture, will hold a demonstration together with ASEED on Friday 27 March from 12:30 pm on Abdijplein in front of the Provincial … Read more
21 March in Amsterdam: National Demo against Racism and Fascism A glimpse at everydays news is enough to see that racism and fascism is everywhere around us. It is infecting fascist demonstrations, local politics, national politics and the so-called leaders of the so-called liberal world. It is spreading, and it is destroying everything we love. … Read more
Scientist Rebellion has sent a formal request to the Ministry of Climate in the Netherlands to set a carbon budget for the country, until a climate-neutral economy has been realised. On Tuesday 24th of February, our request passes through court in Zwolle, to test whether the ministry is obliged to dignify it with an answer. … Read more
On Saturday afternoon, 13 December, more than 200 activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Scientist Rebellion (SR) disrupted the Masters Expo at the RAI, formerly known as the Millionaires Fair. They demonstrated against this party for the super-rich with the message: the super-rich cost too much. The activists are calling for a redistribution of wealth. … Read more
Scientist Rebellion (SR) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) are sounding the alarm with a major protest at the Dutch Open Air Museum in Arnhem on Monday 6 May at 12:00. At exactly 12:00, during the air-raid siren, more than a hundred rebels will collapse as if dead amongst the public. With this public-friendly ‘climate alarm’, they … Read more