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Beautiful things are possible. Together, we can protect the world we love from climate change. Start with a heart.  Make it green. Help the love be felt by those who can make a world of difference Green Hearts Toolkit

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Craftivism resource written by URC & Presbytery of Glasgow for youth groups and congregations as an intergenerational resource.

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HARDBACK: HOW TO BE A CRAFTIVIST: THE ART OF GENTLE PROTEST

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In today's world it's easy to feel helpless, but here is a book to initiate debates rather than shouting matches, to enable collaboration in place of confrontation. Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice. And if we want a world that is beautiful, kind and fair... shouldn't our activism be beautiful, kind and fair?

Interwoven with my personal stories of causes addresses are ideas and suggestions for every novice craftivist. From how to think about the medium itself, to looking at colour, fonts, size and message, here is inspiration for every detail of your creation.

18 Chapters (in four parts). 320 pages and 87,000 words. How to Be a Craftivist: the art of gentle protest is the older & wiser sister of my A Little Book of Craftivism to help you be the most effective craftivist possible and full of transferable skills to use in other situations where gentle protest is needed. An interesting book for anyone wanting to be the change they wish to see in the world (whether they like craft or not ;p)

This book is a manifesto for quiet activism: how to tackle issues not with shouting and aggression but with gentle protest, using the process of 'making' to engage thoughtfully in the issues we are about, to influence and effect change. I share my journey from burnt-out activist, tired of marching, confrontation and demonizing opposition, towards a more respectful activism: using craft to contemplate global issues, provoke thought and start conversations rather than arguments; to engage, empower and encourage people on and offline to become part of change in the face of injustice, inequality and prejudice.

Read praise for the book here.

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Hardback: How To Be A Craftivist: the art of gentle protest - Craftivist Collective

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In today's world it's easy to feel helpless, but here is a book to initiate debates rather than shouting matches, to enable collaboration in place of confrontation. Gentleness can be a great strength, and quiet action can sometimes speak as powerfully amid the noise as the loudest voice.

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Stitches For Survival is a group of knitters, crocheters, stitchers and crafters from across the UK and beyond with a heart-felt message to the COP26 climate talks to be held in Glasgow 1–12 November 2021.

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Knit, crochet, stitch or craft as many pieces of the scarf as you would like and are able to - in green or blue yarn, fabric and thread.

Each piece of the scarf needs to measure 60cm x 100cm. This will make it much easier to assemble the full 'scarf', and also help re-purpose the pieces for blankets. The shorter edges will be the ones we join together so each piece will contribute 100cm to the length of the scarf. So if you want to do an image or writing on your piece make sure it is the right way up (60cm high and 100cm wide).

Pieces can be plain or intricate, include designs of animals or plants threatened with extinction, or include words in any language. Be creative!

Passionate about one particular climate/biodiversity issue? Stitches For Survival is about them all:

Knitters for Critters - could you support children in your local school to knit/stitch some sections with images of creatures threatened with extinction?

Or focus on international solidarity with a together-knit.

Bring your panels to Glasgow during COP26 on Saturday 6th November (from 10am), to display our 1.5 miles of scarf on Glasgow Green Drying Poles. Find more details through our We would LOVE it if people could join us at the event, to show world leaders our commitment to protecting the planet. It will be an amazing day! Everyone is very welcome and we encourage as many people to come as possible.

Up until COP26, get together with others in your local area - either physically in a public place or virtually as regulations allow. Post photos on social media and encourage others to take part. Tell the local press and radio about what you are doing and why. You can download the Stitches For Survival logo here. There is also a PDF version of the logo plus website address for printing out.

Organise monthly knitathons or stitchathons.

Sew together the pieces in sections up to 20 and roll out your local section in a public place and use it for campaigning - outside the offices of oil companies or big banks investing in fossil fuels; at local authority headquarters to push for divestment etc. We hope that the Stitches For Survival scarf will be used for campaigning on a local, national and international level.

Help grow our community by sharing templates, patterns, 'how to' videos and crafting ideas on the Stitches For Survival Facebook group and sharing your story and photos on social media using our hashtags:

#Stitches4Survival

#knitters4critters

#TogetherKnits

The practicalities page has details of what to do with finished pieces.

Here's a write-up of a Stitches for Survival QandA held in April 2021 with answer to the most common questions we have had about the project.

For guidance on how to join your panels together for display, see this document Joining panels (updated)

For those not on Facebook, Chistine Thomson can add you to a Stitches For Survival email group < christinert24601@gmail.com>.

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Mass-craftivism to put the Earth centre-stage at COP26

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Knit, crochet, stitch or craft as many pieces of the scarf as you would like and are able to - in green or blue yarn, fabric and thread. Each piece of the scarf needs to measure 60cm x 100cm. This will make it much easier to assemble the full 'scarf', and also help re-purpose the pieces for blankets.

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570 Craftivism ideas | activism, yarn bombing, feminist embroidery

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Jul 16, 2019 - craft + activism = craftivism. See more ideas about activism, yarn bombing, feminist embroidery.

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The Craftivist Collective is exactly that – a collective, an inclusive group of people committed to using thoughtful, beautiful crafted works to help themselves and encourage others be the positive change they wish to see in the world.

But it started with just one person: Sarah Corbett, an award-winning campaigner with 30 years’ practical experience as an activist.

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If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism be more beautiful, kind and fair?

If there's time for the loud, there's also time for the quiet. If there's time for the fast, there's also a need for the slow. In everyone's heart is a desire to change things for the better - it is essential that there is an activists toolkit that is as diverse as humanity.

Our gentle craftivism is for everyone wherever you are in the world: from skilled crafters to burnt out activists, introverts, highly sensitive people, people struggling with anxiety and those people who want to challenge injustice in the world but don't know what to do, where to start or how to prioritise their energies and time.

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BBC Iplayer - Craftivism: Making a Differnece 

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Can you use craft to help make the world a better place, one stitch at a time? Writer, comedian and art lover Jenny Eclair meets people doing extraordinary things with knitting, cross-stitch, banners and felt to change hearts and minds.

Hearing stories from craftivists around the UK and beyond

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Comedian Jenny Eclair meets crafters using their skills to make the world a better place, one stitch at a time.

Can you use craft to help make the world a better place, one stitch at a time? Writer, comedian and art lover Jenny Eclair meets people doing extraordinary things with knitting, cross-stitch, banners and felt to change hearts and minds.

Hearing stories from craftivists around the UK and beyond, Jenny visits Bradford on Avon in Wiltshire to see how miniature knickers are discreetly placed around the town to encourage screening for cervical cancer, and learns how felt 'graffiti' has a wellbeing message for visitors to a London park.

From banners at Liverpool Football Club's Anfield Stadium to a huge memorial quilt remembering those who lost their lives to Aids, the initiatives all have one thing in common: a painstaking, thoughtful and beautiful way to get heard.

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BBC Four - Craftivism: Making a Difference

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Comedian Jenny Eclair meets crafters using their skills to make the world a better place, one stitch at a time. Can you use craft to help make the world a better place, one stitch at a time? Writer, comedian and art lover Jenny Eclair meets people doing extraordinary things with knitting, cross-stitch, banners and felt to change hearts and minds.