{"id":1704,"date":"2021-08-29T02:34:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T01:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/?page_id=1704"},"modified":"2022-01-09T09:30:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T09:30:29","slug":"stitches-for-survival-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oxfordquaker.com\/newsletter\/september-2021\/stitches-for-survival-update\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stitches for Survival\u2019 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caroline Worth, Mena Remedios,<\/strong>
\nUrsula Kneisel, Anthea Clarke,<\/strong>
\nGwithian Doswell, Judith Atkinson<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the epistle of Britain Yearly Meeting 2021:
\n\u201c\u2026..We know those who have contributed least to <\/em>climate and ecological breakdown are the most <\/em>affected: the poor, the global majority, and<\/em>
\nvulnerable communities everywhere. We recognise <\/em>and abhor the legion of violent, deadly impacts of <\/em>economic and exploitative systems on both the <\/em>people, other species and lifeforms, and the body of <\/em>our Earth. The climate crisis is fueled by a system <\/em>based on growth, consumption and systemic <\/em>inequalities. If life on earth is to survive, we must <\/em>push for a more democratic, compassionate and <\/em>equitable world\u2026<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo by Gwithian Doswell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As readers of the Forty-Three newsletter may know, there is a nationwide network of knitters, crocheters, weavers, quilters, and crafters who have been very busy during the past few months creating panels for a 1.5 km long blue and green scarf of ecomessages for the COP26 climate change talks taking place in Glasgow in November.<\/p>\n

Some Quaker \u2018Stitchers for Survival\u2019 gathered one Wednesday lunch-time in the garden of 43 to share a few of our finished green and blue panels. Here they are mingling with some other wonderful pieces made by the East Oxford weavers.<\/p>\n

The following Saturday our Oxford Stitches for Survival Group (including Friends) shared the messages with the people of Oxford with a display in Bonn Square. The group enjoyed talking with
\npassers-by about the messages we hope to send.<\/p>\n

We need:<\/p>\n