It's madness! Human kind is destroying our own home. We don't have another! Money ain't going to help anyone when the air is unbreathable and all the animals are dead. This video shows one more reason to love Stephen Fry!!!xxx

Many thanks Stephen. I have been protesting with XR for a few years now and this government is not listening. I have the upmost respect for JSO who do what needs to be done when I'm to afraid to ❤❤🌕🌕😺😺

We citizens are part of a modern triumvirate of power, and we underestimate the power and influence we can wield. The other two stakeholders - business and government - need our consent (conscious or ignorant) to achieve their ambitions (noble or ignoble). They will not relinquish the pursuit of their negative vested interests unless we make it too difficult (unprofitable) for them to continue. Nor it seems will most of them choose positive, more-than-profit motives unless we send uncompromising signals as voters and customers. The challenge is that we need to step up, recognise what is at stake, accept that we may ourselves be inconvenienced in the short term, and demonstrate that we not only have power, but are willing to exercise it. The good news is that we actually hold a majority vote. It's time to overcome our collective 'learned helplessness', resist finger-pointing or apathy and decide it's time to take bold, life-changing action. It is going to take all of us doing so, consistently, repeatedly, to get out of the pickle we're in. It's not going to be sexy, exciting or cool, and sometimes it won't even be fun - but as any parent knows, lots of important, rewarding work goes unapplauded - but you still do it, because it matters, and because it's your decision that it matters. Mother Earth, nature, Gaia - is taking a hit thanks to us. But this is a fight for our survival, not the planet's. We need nature and the Earth's complex and amazing life systems far more than they need us. We've known this for a long time. Now we need to understand it, and act accordingly. It will be an empowering transformation.

XR deserve respect for their conviction. Ironically, perhaps they are akin to the early Christians who were persecuted. Only yesterday I received an email saying i had joined the organisation here in NE Victoria, Australia. That suits me fine. Now 64 years, I'm changing my priorities in how I apply myself in and to this world.

I couldn't think of a more effective proponent than Stephen Fry to give a supportive message to the movement. Thanks Stephen!

I totally agree with XR about the need to change but please please please don't block the roads because most people really do need to make that journey. Don't punish the innocent.

Thank you, Stephen Fry, for speaking out.

Well said Stephen - XR are doing a very difficult job of trying to raise awareness of the crisis we are in. The politicians are their primary target as they are the ones who will have the biggest impact with the right policies. It is also a great time for us to all look inwardly at how we live our lives and make some necessary changes. It won’t help if we all point fingers at each other but accept that we are all in this together and the only way to tackle this impending disaster is to go hard and fast to sort this mess out. So - support XR or better still join them and let’s get our Government to ‘pull their finger out’!

Well Said Stepen Fry. What makes me mad is The Goverment keeps saying they are doing something and they are not. Where I live 3 years spent installing gas mains for 3,000 proposed new homes which are going to be heated by gas boilers Why? If I install a geo heat pump which cost about the same as a gas boiler why must I pay about £26,000 for the infrastructure myself up front. I did not pay for the gas mains except by taxes. A gas boiler discharges 1 Ton of Co2 per year the geo heat pump ZERO. A No Brainer

Absolutely Stephen! you have my vote: Nature Gives us everything for free 💚 Mother Earth doesn't charge us any money 💚 All Mother Earth asks of us is that we protect her💚 The greatest wisdom is seeing beyond appearances❤️ Lynn

Great Stephen, Thanks... movement of movements, yes absolutely definitely without doubt is the way.

It is so refreshing to hear an enigmnatic and highly intelligent perspective on "what shall we do". XR have raised the profile and awarness of the "trouble ahead" for all our descendants. We either are selfish ignorant and uncaring, or we take significant remedial action to leave a "pleasent habitable world" for our chidren and future generations. Great damage is now showing itself to be upon us and only as the IPCC says "significant action" is now needed to avoid catastrophic consequences of Climate Change. Humanity is now at the end of the plank. We do big things owe become shark food as we condemn our children to an inhospitable future. Areas of the Earth 00are becoming unihabitable as we speak and we are guaranteed this will worsen every year we dilly and dally, huff and puff. We need action, rebellion and probably a revolution to take back control of our Earth before the "Planet Munchers" turn us all into fertilliser.

Thank you Stephen and yes this is the principle reason I support XR too, its organising to include everyone in decisions, giving us the opportunity to mitigate our demise humanely. Not everyone will understand this at first, including many in XR, as many still think banning fossil fuels will be adequate to save us it will not. It'll be yet another horrendous shock to realise that human extinction will occur unless we use MEER. Look it up.

Such an awesome example of articulation. This is the argument that people having been trying to make for at least 5 decades.

Stephen Fry is stupendously adorable, if we can each cut down to four holiday flights a year I think we can save the planet.

His encouragement and support of XR is great. But we’re 40 years and $10 Trillion dollars too late to avoid the inevitable.

Yes we are all going to have to change our way of life. "Common purpose for the common good." Brilliant Stephen Fry for your support of the Extinction Rebellion Rebels.

Thanks Stephen.

Thanks Stephen. Gonna look into doing some XR things locally in my area tomorrow.

Thank you so much Mr Fry for your so sensible and thoughtful contribution….. as always so eloquently put 🤗

Thank you, Stephen Fry. I will keep going.

Thanks for endorsement Stephen. Can't think of a higher accolade. Further, I did try to broach the subject while at XR protest in London 8th 9th April 2022. The exploitation of fossil fuels has fueled the USA's wars and regime changes. The wars deaths starvation and refugee crisis is happening now in Yemen Syria Iraq Afghanistan Ukraine etc etc( and now regime change in Pakistan as the USA gets desperate in its global dominance death throes. ) All due to USA/CIA instigated actions. All for control of oil and other resources.

Still got that collection of high powered cars you bragged about on Top Gear, steve?

"Thou shall not question Stephen Fry" - Scoobius Pip

Thank you Stephen!! 💚

The problem is people do not think we can go extinct. We can! We are destroying our habitat.

Too late already!!! Mother Earth will be showing us very soon that WE humans are NOT IN CHARGE!!!!! She is.

Thank you, Stephen. I heartily agree. We will all need to work together to save our precious environment. It won't be easy - but it is imperative.

Thank you for saying the truth! Even though it’s hard to hear sometimes. Let’s not give in to point scoring but reach out with civility and understanding so we can confront this existential threat together! #thereisnoplanetb #extinctionrebellion

the man with the know it all, can't be wrong ego. I don't suppose he will be going to moscow to glue himself to the road - or any of the other wasters sitting in their comfortable homes happily criticizing ............

And let's have a laugh while we do it! 🙏😁

Clear, concise, friendly and right. Thank you Stephen ❗️ Go XR ‼️🍀

Has XR attempted to collaborate with Deep Green Resistance at all? I would suggest doing so. Alot of work needs to be done right?

I'll be in London on Monday.

All the battles that we as a species have conducted has been a build up to this final conflict, this planet has bared the brunt of our wars, this is no small talk its damn serious because we don't seem to understand we must choose when to stop because evolution just keeps evolving no matter what & we the apex here need to make a decision on what we really want & if we really care, everyone is unique & there has always been that special person for good or for bad thats rescued the situation or just by good luck or divine intervention we have persevered, we just have to stop causing the planet to push us away because we appear to want to separate when we are all part of this & connected to everything & each other & this is gonna take all of us 1 way or the other to get through this & the worse thing about all this is that Earth just spins & sustains life & yes there have been natural disasters & nature can be blamed for been the biggest taker of life but Naure is what gives everyone & everything life. Dont underestimate global warming & ask yourself, are we really this fickle for going along with this or is this that we going along with driving us to extinction because we like a bunch of junkies addicted to something, know this too, nothing can achieve this if we don't allow it 1st so come together, wizen up & do something about this because we are more than capable of achieving whatever it takes. Will we overcome?. You decide but defeat is not an option

Brilliantly put. Thank you Stephen. 🙏💚

many thanks for posting this Stephen, all the more so having just watched an XR video and read through some of the abuse and threats of violence towards them

The ONLY possible way I can see out would be to make it financially worthwhile for people to SHARE the jobs we would almost all agree we NEED people to do and work much less.....no more working and doing anything FOR money but sharing the work we NEED...no more of this insanity of an infinite growth system on a finite planet.

Yeah destroying history is what really gets me on board. Im sure many others think the same.

Thank you for your love and support, dear Stephen.

Well Stephen, bless him, is great friends with Emma Thompson who took an 11,000 mile round-trip from LA to London creating 30 tons of CO2 just so she could grab the microphone on the pink boat at the XR demo last time (and get on thhe cameras as a good Eco Warrior natch). When he tries to explain XR Hypocrisy he REALLY is talking Hypocrisy!

I'm with XR. Quit meat at least. We have a methane crisis alongside the carbon one. XR are heroes putting us to shame.

Good on you Stephen x

What exactly are you going to give up then Stephen ? Please tell me.Why are you whispering ? Is it to try and make your self righteous horses##t more palatable ?

Civility & understanding - if only!

So well said ❤🌏

Yes, we who don't talk to the lowly working class unless we are payed to. The higher than thou, with morals for miles. Smug and all knowing, as we travel the world talking down to the uneducated.

Stop the harm, 💚🌍🌳🦋🐄🐟🌺👵🌿& go vegan.

Thanks Stephen ❤.

Sadly there was an ER man with leaflets etc on the Market Square, I watched from the office window And No one paid him Any attention. People were dashing for...... "things", it was weird like if they Couldn't See him, Or hear him!

That's a relief, I have been worried sick wondering what Stephen Fry thinks.

Greed leaves itself no option but to eventually consume itself.. The answer to all of these human-created 'problems' is understanding the one thing that we neglect, which gets us into this mess in the first place, and which is also the one thing that virtually no one has any time for, and that is truth, and how it may be understood.. "History abundantly shows that people's views of the universe are bound up with their views of themselves and of their society. The debate in cosmology has implications far beyond the realm of science, for it is a question of how truth is known. How these questions are answered will shape not only the history of science, but the history of humanity." (Eric Lerner, 1992) spaceandmotion

The short form of it, in terms business men can comprehend: your economic order is falling apart. Congratulations, you’ve stung the frog and it’s starting to drown.

Biggest pain in the arse, unless you have shares in superglue.

The comment section proves Stephen's point.

To get politicians attention, stop paying that portion of your taxes devoted to unsustainable activities.

See you on the streets ✊

While I agree with everything said, I will say that if Stephen Fry takes ONE less long haul flight to attend some speaking engagement or awards hosting duty, I will eat my hemp hat.

How to effect change? Vote for it! Don't impose your entitled vandalism on the MAJORITY who don't agree with you.

Xr took £500 out of my pocket just sitting in the road

XR unfortunately do annoy a bit. However, I agree that they are raising awareness, and TBH, I have been horrified to learn how close we are to catastrophe. From what I’ve read and seen, Scientists and data seem to be indicating that our climate may disintegrate to a literal hell within the next 10 years…

Consider that all through history people expected life to get better. Consider all the futuristic films and notions of the early to mid 20th century. People always had some future prosperity to gaze at. The present generation is being asked to gaze upon the apocalypse. This is a new experiment in psychological terror and we don't know its effects on mass mental health

Thanks Stephen

We don't get may people sending us 'lots of love'. A few kind words go a long way.

Hats off

Thx!

I wish he had a discussion with James Corbett of the Corbett Report.

Has Stephen Fry lived his life with a low carbon footprint in mind? Nope, didn't think so.

It is utter despair dealing with the way society and the planet is going.

Thank you Stephen - your support is priceless!

You first. Sell your "object" in Los Angeles.

Get out there on the streets

Stephen Fry: one of the most intelligent and thoughtful people alive today

Excellent, keep it up

Joe Public loves the environment but ask them to put their hands in their pockets , or actually do something but talk and you’re wasting your time. We live in a world where people will pay more to shoot a Elephant than pay to save one. Fact . Hunting Elephants is a minority sport but does more for conservation.

Well said Stephen!

I never realised what an amazing voice and articulation he has. Getting Better With Age. (Seriously) Cheers.

Thank you! I'm afraid I'll not be able to make it to London this time:( For now I donated money.

Funniest sketch I've ever seen him do 😂

I'll respect XR when they protest in the big polluters like China rather than disrupt hard working people just trying to get about their day in a country that has evolved more than most to become environmentally friendly through democracy not anarchy.

he's talking from his mansion in LA, where he lives with his 30 years younger husband.

problem is with extinction rebellion they dont know how to relate to working class I've had first hand experience when meeting them its seriously not working lol 😁

Thank you Stephen

virtue signalling.... Will Emma T fly in to Glasgow for Copt26? Those first-class BA transatlantic flights are a bit slower and less comfortable now BA has retired the 747s, but the steak dinner is still devine, dharling!

thank you Stephen!

Cut down on meat/animal ag consumption, or better yet: cut it out. It’s a huge chunk of the economy and climate change

Stephen you got paid a fortune to promote Heathrow so zip it on this one

Well Mr. Fry it seems do not respond to direct messages on twitter and you have to be approved follower list, which I incidentally think is _great_ - instead of having millions of useless messages. But I don't follow anyone so I am kinda stuck ;-) Anyhow, I am surprised XR could not think of better way to take his help. Here is what I could think of (apart from having ability to respond to messages sent to them through their own site :-) ) I have watched "Advice to young people as they face annihilation" by "Roger Hallam". There are two videos on youtube. And they have been in total viewed for 115K times. That is the biggest circulation of XR I have seen. What got to me was description how things are going to get - "The Real World" part I think - one that includes what does it mean by crisis and actual temperature change. XR could have Steven talk on that. They also need to make that part as a separate video. In today's world where you are proud you can write "Peace and War" in 240 characters, it's miracle you have 115K views. They also need to that same part reviewed and approved by scientists and have them refer to that smaller video, at least the temperature change part. I really hope XR gets much more traction.

GLOBAL WARMING IS A PROBLEM NOT THE END OF THE WORLD - Bjorn Lomborg.

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I’m beginning to be surprised by the growing awareness of the Catastrophe we humans are speeding towards. Not before time.

I agree with XR but I think disrupting traffic and glueing yourselves on to trains (most ecological way to travel) is the wrong way to go. Protest outside the houses of Parliament! I'm considering joining but I'd try to mould the protests to something more...productive?

Interesting idea to get someone with a huge carbon footprint to give you guys the thumbs up..

The people who own this old world don’t want a new one

Damn, I really liked Fry. Who could support performance artists doing political warfare for Lysenkoists and Malthusians? I'll take an optimistic view and conclude that Fry isn't very bright.

I do think people have not taken on board the full extent of the problem and our role in it as a country. It will take time to educate people, to undo the harm a disinterested, billionaire-owned media has done.

Oh god. Stephen fry has really hit rock bottom. All respect now eroded. 😢

You should interview ALAN MOORE (writer of WATCHMEN, V FOR VENDETTA, SWAMP THING and other great comics/movies). He is a HUGE supporter of XR. Also very insightful/thoughtful.

Perfect, good man, as always! xx

Happy to take big cheque from Heathrow airport for advertising? Stephen go watch your mate Jordan Petterson who has look extensively on the climate. Lol