Seagulls, a local environmental sub-group of the Southwest Extinction Rebellion movement, will be leading a procession along Exmouth Beach on Saturday, August 31.

The group will be wearing a seascape costume designed to illustrate rising sea levels and the iconic landmarks that could be submerged if sea levels rise.

They'll be joined by Selkies, Exmouth's Extinction Rebellion sub-group, and people dressed in ocean-inspired outfits to demonstrate against the loss and drastic depletion of species, and the significant threat of climate change-related sea-level rise.

Exmouth resident Mary Culhane will be there with her family, she said: "I have two young daughters and I'm really scared about their future. I don't think many people realise how serious the Climate Emergency really is, so I'm hoping that by taking part in this event more people will become aware of how desperately important it is for them to get involved now while there's still a little time to make a difference."

The recently formed Exmouth Extinction Rebellion Samba Band will accompany the procession along the shoreline towards a gigantic Extinction Rebellion logo made by local sand artist Paul Burton at Orcombe Point.

Here participants will stage a die-in; a collective simulation of death to signify the extinction of over 200 species a day and 'the monumental human peril that are a direct result of human-made climate and environmental breakdown'.

Mum and grandmother Jane Habermehl is joining the march with her daughter and grandchildren, she said: "As a grandmother I cannot enjoy my retirement whilst my own and past generations have put our children and grandchildren's future in such jeopardy by destroying the planet.

"My grandparent's generation signed up to fight the First World War, my parent's generation signed up in the second World War but the effects of Climate Change are far bigger than these.

"I am signing up, not to fight but to join with communities everywhere to persuade government and businesses to give up greed and exploitation of people and planet and turn back to nurturing and love of the planet. This campaign demands a massive transfusion of compassion and a change of heart."

In a summer that has seen rain falling in the North Pole, the death of an Icelandic glacier, the Arctic Circle on fire, and over 1,000 fires burning in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil resulting from agricultural and industrial activity, the organisers are hopeful that the action will attract a great many people supportive of the creative approach taken by local environmentalist groups.

Locally the threat from rising sea levels and storm surges is of huge concern to Environment Agency Southwest, with vast areas of Exmouth at risk from surface water flooding. While the riskiest area for sea level rise is The Colony and Exeter Road, many areas could be under water in the future without a massive increase in unsustainable pumping.

Those looking to support the procession can assemble at 1pm at Queen's Drive Space, or down at Orcombe Point directly below the Geo Needle for 2pm. All activity concludes at 3.30pm.

Extinction Rebellion is a nonviolent movement demanding emergency action on the existential threat of climate change. It is active in over 35 countries worldwide now, and is modelled on other movements which achieved enormous changes like the suffragettes and civil rights movement.