We're streamlining our social media presence for the moment, due to capacity 💚 Please find us on Instagram www.instagram.com/heartsonours...

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...

Birdsong and blossom and craftivism 💚 Raising awareness of the disproportionate impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss on women and girls 💜 #crochet #womensactivism #craftivism

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

What a fantastic list of actions 💚 So many good ideas here on how to be gentle and persistent in resistance 👏👏👏

This looks like a fab event for anyone who wants to become better at climate conversations 💚

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

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

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

📣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

Stunning art work depicting the bonds between women and land in Ecuador 💚 by Yinna Figuera 💜 Full story here: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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...

Lovely positive story about the growth of repair cafes 💚 Less waste, more skills 💜 ClimateConversations www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#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. 💜

Please watch this full reel about a fracking project 💚💜 www.instagram.com/reel/DG6YmWU...

"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

Excellent night out celebrating #iwd2025 with the Frida Violeta Band in Handsworth, Birmingham 💚

Celebrating #iwd2025 by hiding #craftivism hearts in Erdek, Türkiye 💜💚

#InternationalWomensDay - wearing my hearts on my sleeve (or rather scarf) for today's #IWD debate @heartsonoursleeves.bsky.social @girlguide.bsky.social

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

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 💜

It's been a(nother) fraught week. Take time away to breathe and recharge #sundayselfcare #climateconversations #craftivism

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

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-... ​

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

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

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....

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

Yesterday Finnish Mothers* Rebellion and the Knitting for Climate movement manifested for a livable future for all our kids in Helsinki. Well done everyone! ❤️

A couple more photos from yesterday's gifting in Bursa, for International Knitting (and Crocheting) for Climate Day 💚 #craftivism #crochet #climateconversations

Fab blog post here 👇

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

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

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 💜

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...

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

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

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

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 💚

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

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

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/...

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 🥰

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

Fantastic story for a Sunday morning 💚 When women are empowered they can transform their communities 💜

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

Empowering women. Strengthening livelihoods. Reducing food waste. 🇺🇬 In western #Uganda, women farmers are leading change through sustainable dairy production:

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

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...

Well done Jenny Clarke 👏👏 #SafeStreets #SafeStreetsNow #ZebraCrossing #Sheffield @itvnews.bsky.social