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Make a heart, write a letter, raise awareness of the impact of environmental destruction and climate change on women and girls 💚💜 www.heartsonoursleeves.net

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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We're streamlining our social media presence for the moment, due to capacity 💚 Please find us on Instagram www.instagram.com/heartsonours...
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Plastic waste creates microplastics, which end up in the food chain and water 💚 They've been found in breast milk and the placentas of newborn babies 💜 #womenshealth #microplastics #plasticpollution www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
Analysis published by non-profit group Oceana comes amid fears over human health risks posed by the spread of microplastics
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Birdsong and blossom and craftivism 💚 Raising awareness of the disproportionate impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on women and girls 💜 #crochet #womensactivism #craftivism
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Start your day inspired by women stitching the world together instead of reading about men tearing it apart 💚 Here's me (Hannah) having a fan-girl moment with the stunning Red Dress Project last weekend in Birmingham 💜 reddressembroidery.com
Woman in foreground, red dress on mannequin in background Section of red dress showing detailed colourful embroidery Long red dress with a short train, covered in colourful embroidery
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
What a fantastic list of actions 💚 So many good ideas here on how to be gentle and persistent in resistance 👏👏👏
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
This looks like a fab event for anyone who wants to become better at climate conversations 💚
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Yesterday I bought hand-dyed yarn 💚 These beautiful colours will add a vibrant border to my next hearts 💜 We use green in our #craftivism hearts to symbolise the environment and green/purple together to symbolise the effects of climate change on women and girls 💚 #climateconversations
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Having a brilliant time at the #nec #embroidery show today in #birmingham 💚 I spotted this workshop where we created embroidery hearts 💜 Obviously mine is in our Hearts colours 💚 Let's see if I can finish this by myself! #craftivism #stitching #happysundayeveryone
An embroidery hoop with pink textile, stitched with beads and buttons added
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Beautiful spring day to be hiking and hiding hearts in Ipstones #derbyshire 💚 We hide and gift hearts to raise awareness of the disproportionate impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on women and girls 💜 #crochet #craftivism #climateconversations
A green and purple crocheted heart on a stone wall. 
Old stone church in the background. Daffodils Pink flowers in woodlands Red fungi on a mossy trunk
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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
📣The Feminists for Climate-Environment Alternatives (FACE) invites you to a webinar on Women, climate and the environment, How can we finally turn commitments into reality? 📆Wed 19 March 2025 at 2:30 pm (Paris time) 🔗Register : zoom.us/meeting/regi... #CSW
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Stunning art work depicting the bonds between women and land in Ecuador 💚 by Yinna Figuera 💜 Full story here: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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This land is your land: leaf portraits of Ecuador’s female farmers – in pictures
Photographer Yinna Higuera uses chlorophyll printing to celebrate women who have a profound bond with their environment
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Our website build continues...here's a new page with some of the projects and collaborations we've done 💜 More to come! 💚 Keep popping by our site as we add more 💜 #climateconversations #craftivism heartsonoursleeves.net/projects-and...
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Lovely positive story about the growth of repair cafes 💚 Less waste, more skills 💜 ClimateConversations www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Positive, hopeful, lovely places’: how Britain’s repair shops are cutting waste and giving devices a new lease of life
Boom in fixing rather than throwing away items creates jobs and cuts waste, emissions and costs
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Tricotando pelo Clima @tricopeloclima.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
#vocêsabia que 80% dos que trabalham na manufatura de roupas do #fastfashion são #mulheres? Elas também lideram campanhas para melhorar suas condições de trabalho e pagamento. Aprendi isso com @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social. 💜
Uma bola de lã roxa com linhas de tricô enfiadas em x. Do lado, há um coração de tricô da mesma cor. Estão em cima de uma mesa branca.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Please watch this full reel about a fracking project 💚💜 www.instagram.com/reel/DG6YmWU...
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Kidical Mass @kidicalmass.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
"I think the bicycle has done more to emancipate women than any one thing in the world. I rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a bike. It gives her a feeling of self-reliance and independence the moment she takes her seat..." Susan B Anthony #WorldWomensDay @kidicalmassk.bsky.social
Das Bild zeigt eine schwangere Frau, die auf einem grünen Fahrrad über einen Zebrastreifen fährt. Sie trägt eine gemusterte, eng anliegende Bluse und eine schwarze Hose. Ihre Haare sind zu einem lockeren Dutt gebunden, und sie trägt eine Sonnenbrille.  

Sie hält eine weiße Papiertüte mit bunten Blumen in der rechten Hand, während sich auf ihrem Rücken ein roter Rucksack mit weißen Punkten befindet. Im Fahrradkorb hinten sind weitere Blumen und Einkäufe verstaut.  

Der Hintergrund zeigt eine graue Gebäudefassade mit großen Fenstern, vor denen kleine Blumenkästen mit Pflanzen befestigt sind. Die Straße wirkt sauber und gepflegt. Die gesamte Szene vermittelt eine entspannte, urbane Atmosphäre.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Excellent night out celebrating #iwd2025 with the Frida Violeta Band in Handsworth, Birmingham 💚
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Celebrating #iwd2025 by hiding #craftivism hearts in Erdek, Türkiye 💜💚
A green and purple crocheted heart on a green fence. Beach in the background.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
#InternationalWomensDay - wearing my hearts on my sleeve (or rather scarf) for today's #IWD debate @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social @girlguide.bsky.social
IWD badges
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
New website up and running 🎉🎊 It's under construction but we've made the #iwd2025 card template accessible for this week's project 💜 Any last downloads to send cards, help yourselves 💚 🔗 in bio as always. #craftivism #climateconversations heartsonoursleeves.net
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
More cards of #gratitude and #encouragement ready for #iwd2025 💚 Thank you to everyone who's sending these! If you can't access the template on our website (we're mid-move) then just drop us a message 💜
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
It's been a(nother) fraught week. Take time away to breathe and recharge #sundayselfcare #climateconversations #craftivism
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Every small action counts 💚 Every tiny choice helps to normalise empathy for others and care for our environment 💜 Hidden hearts in Sheffield winter gardens and the theatres 💚 #craftivism #crochet #climateconversations
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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Great news! @labourlewis.bsky.social's Water Bill will have its first debate on 28th March. This is our unmissable chance to put public ownership of water back on the table. Ask your MP to be there and back the Bill: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-... ​
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Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate
After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
More thank-you cards for #iwd2025 💚 We've personalised them with messages, sometimes bilingually as with this Turkish/English one, ready for sending 💜 Find all details and the card template on our 'projects' page (🔗 in bio) #womensactivism #gratitude #encouragement
A green and purple crocheted heart on a white greetings card
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This International Women's Day, we're sending thank-you cards to women who lead for the environment 💚 Print the card (from our Projects page, 🔗 in bio), personalise it, add a craftivist heart 💜 and send 💌 Let's share our gratitude and encouragement ☺️#gratitude #womensleadership #craftivism #crochet
A greetings card with handwritten message
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Did you know 80% of fastfashion manufacturing workers are women? 💚 That 80% have witnessed or experienced sexual violence or harassment? 💜 That these women also lead campaigns to reform working conditions and pay? 💚 🪡🧶 www.fabricofchange.ie/articles/fas....
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Fast Fashion and the Gendered Reality of Exploitation
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Have you sent a card for #iwd2025 yet? Our campaign is a thank-you to women leaders who inspire us 💚 Editable template and details are on the 'projects' page on our website www.heartsonoursleeves.net/projects 💜 #climateconversations #craftivism
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Mothers* Rebellion for Climate Justice @mothers-rebellion.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Yesterday Finnish Mothers* Rebellion and the Knitting for Climate movement manifested for a livable future for all our kids in Helsinki. Well done everyone! ❤️
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
A couple more photos from yesterday's gifting in Bursa, for International Knitting (and Crocheting) for Climate Day 💚 #craftivism #crochet #climateconversations
A woman sitting and holding a green and purple crocheted heart Two women sitting and holding green and purple crocheted hearts
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Fab blog post here 👇
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Gifting hearts to join in with International Knitting (and Crocheting) for Climate day 🧶🪡 Our craftivist hearts start climate conversations and raise awareness of the disproportionate impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on women and girls 💚💜 #ClimateConversations #knitting
Five women standing together holding green and purple crocheted hearts.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Want to join our #iwd2025 project? Need to create a version of the card in a language other than English? We've made an editable card with our logo on for you to use! Take a look at the "projects" page on our website 👀 (🔗 in bio) #iwd #gratitude #thankful #encouragement #womeninspiringwomen
Screenshot showing a photo of women litterpicking. Underneath text.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Treasures today at Walsall Art Gallery. An exhibition including this piece by Van Gogh called "Sorrow" which speaks to the intersection of environmental extractivism and patriarchy💚And this stunning piece upstairs by Yinka Shonibare. Migration and globality beautifully represented 💜
Black and white picture shows a naked woman with her head in her arms.Sculpture shows a figure with a globe for a head, holding a birdcage with an open doorPhoto of a green and purple crocheted heart on a bench in an art gallery
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Air pollution causes 7 million premature deaths every year, including the pollution from brake pads. To add: the premature births, stillbirths, and birth defects caused by maternal exposure to air pollution 💚💜 theconversation.com/car-brake-du...
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Car brake dust can be more harmful than diesel exhaust – new study
Almost half of all copper in the air comes from brake wear.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is such good news 💚 Air pollution is the 4th leading cause of death for women, globally - so clean air is a win for women's health 💜 #womenshealth #airpollution #cleanair
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Wasting no time! One of our members has already printed thankyou cards for iwd2025 and is getting ready to send to inspirational women leaders for the environment 💚 For more details and the free downloadable template, head to our website 💜 www.heartsonoursleeves.net/projects
Thank you cards with a heart logo and a green and purple crocheted heart
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
We're super-excited to launch our International Women's Day 2025 project 💜 It feels like a difficult time for women, and for activism, so we've decided to focus on hope and gratitude 💚 It's really simple and the template is a free download here 👇 www.heartsonoursleeves.net/projects
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Projects and examples | Hearts On Our Sleeves
Past and current Hearts on our Sleeves projects using crocheted hearts for craftivism about women and the environment.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Love this 💚 Bikes also give us ways to liberate ourselves from fossil fuelled transport 💜 Sadly, women are less likely to know how to cycle and cycling infrastructure often works less well for them 💚
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Mothers Rise Up @mothersriseup.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Stop oil and gas - in the name of love! ♥️ 🌍 It’s time for a healthier relationship—one with clean energy, fresh air. One that will last for generations to come 💚 Dump the drama. Drop the emissions. Love the planet. #Renewables
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's Valentine's Day and we are all about hearts and love today 💚 Love for the environment, for gender equality, for women's leadership on climate and biodiversity 💜 Happy Valentine's Day 🥰 #climateconversations #valentinesday
A pile of green and purple crocheted hearts
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This is a really interesting read from Emma Beddington and @theguardian.com 💚Women are more likely to make household consumer decisions and to make environmentally-conscious decisions but we need action from governments and industry 💜We need plastic-free options 💚 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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My no-plastic life: I tried to cut out single-use items for a month – and it almost broke me
Sourcing fruit and veg without wrapping was hard enough, but finding an eco-friendly way to brush my teeth was its own world of pain. And as for my 6pm crisps fix – forget it
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy birthday to our lovely co-founder Katy 💚💜💚💜💚 Craftivism has brought us together in friendship and we've met, virtually or otherwise, so many other fabulous climate craftivists 🥰
Three women standing in front of a display of green and purple textile hearts and posters.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Busy month here 💚 We're putting together a new non-wix website, working on a project for International Women's Day 2025, and thinking about a summer collaboration 💜 Check out some of our past projects (🔗 below) and we'll share details of the new ones very soon 😊 www.heartsonoursleeves.net/projects
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Projects and examples | Hearts On Our Sleeves
Past and current Hearts on our Sleeves projects using crocheted hearts for craftivism about women and the environment.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Fantastic story for a Sunday morning 💚 When women are empowered they can transform their communities 💜
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 09/02/2025
Why this matters: ✅ Women-led training builds financial independence & community support 🥛 Less milk waste = greater food security & climate resilience 💰 New income from yogurt, butter & cosmetics is driving local growth
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 09/02/2025
Empowering women. Strengthening livelihoods. Reducing food waste. 🇺🇬 In western #Uganda, women farmers are leading change through sustainable dairy production:
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In Uganda, training in milk production empowers women farmers and boosts local economy
Read how SEI-supported training is enhancing Ugandan women’s dairy skills, fostering economic and community growth.
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Hearts on our Sleeves @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
I've been out litterpicking by my local shops this morning. There's so much discarded plastic, a source of secondary microplastics which end up in waterways, the food chain, and ultimately our bodies, including in breast milk and the placentas of newborn babies 💚💜💚 #microplastics #WomensHealth
A litter pick, a pair of gloves, and a green and purple crocheted heart
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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Hi all, there is a call out by National Government about better Transport with a 5-minute survey. Do respond and mention air pollution. Many thanks! www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Integrated National Transport Strategy: a call for ideas
A call for ideas to support the development of an Integrated National Transport Strategy for England.
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Kirsten de Vos 🚶🏻‍♀️💚🚲🍃 @kirstendevos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Well done Jenny Clarke 👏👏 #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsNow #ZebraCrossing #Sheffield @itvnews.bsky.social
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