Climate Change & #showthelove

Ashley Welland Valley WI Members have been using the Cottingham Community Shop for a few years to showcase their ideas promoting Show the Love. Under the guidance of Chris West- Robinson, a great time was had by all, making items from rubbish – or the nicer version, junk! It not only got people talking about the display but asking about WI.

Milton Malsor and Collingtree WI  Members decorated these beautiful green hearts to display around the village, in support of the Show the Love Campaign

10 February 2024
Towcester Evening WI hosted a  'Show the Love' event. It was well supported and lovely to see so many fellow WI members engaged in talking to the various organisations that had been invited.

Towcester Mayor, David Tarbun, and his family all came along too.

More of this exciting event on https://www.facebook.com/TowcesterEveningWI1971

Ashley Welland Valley WI under the guidance of Chris West-Robinson, produced a striking display for our local community shop, highlighting energy saving issues for the Show The Love campaign. The window is in the café part of the shop and so Post-it notes and pens were left for people to write their own ideas to add to the work of art. Doesn’t take much to get people talking in these financial difficult times!

2023 Climate Ambassador Update
All WI Climate Ambassadors from across England and Wales were invited to the zoom NFWI ‘Looking Forward’ Climate Coffee Morning. An informative couple of hours talking about current issues surrounding our Climate.Chris Vendables, Head of Politics, Green Alliance, posed the question Where Next? https://theclimatecoalition.org./show-the-love

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Northamptonshire members have risen to the challenge of the #showthelove campaign  Also look at their Facebook pages and https://www.facebook.com/NorthantsWI  

One Stowe IX Churches WI member brightened her up-cycled Christmas wreath with homemade shaped bird-food and her #showthelove green pom-poms.

After Kate, a Climate Ambassador, spoke at Ravensthorpe WI, Ruth was inspired to make these wonderful willow hearts which she hung on the WI Silver Birch on the Village Green.

The hearts were made using willow (Salix viminalis) from Top Ardles Wood, a wood created by The Woodland Trust's Woods on your Doorstep millennium scheme. They planted a hazel and willow coppice section to retain views and for local produce. Having this resource on our doorstep it seems natural to make our green hearts for display. And where better than the WI tree planted in 1972 on the village green to mark Raventhorpe WIs golden jubilee.

Warkton Village WI talented members were busy making green hearts in different mediums (baking, knitting and using natural resources for wreaths).

In order to recognise the #showthelove campaign in February, Hunsbury Hill WI organised a competition, for members, to craft items linked to this in whatever medium they liked. Photos of the entries were sent to an independent judge by email and some of those are shown in the attached photograph. The winning entry was the Heart Purse which, in the judges words – “blew her away" seeing the bees on the zip side and the map of the world on the reverse with the words “Save The Planet”  
Congratulations to Carolyn Stone. Click here for image

If you are walking past Wordsworth Close then look up at the top window of our President’s house.

Brigstock WI has truly raised the profile of Climate Change with their #showthelove campaign. See their wonderful photos from all around the village.For over 30 images look at their facebook page.

Harpole WI A lovely collection of ‘green hearts’ are now hanging on a tree at the bottom of the High Street. They drew a lot of attention and interest while we were hanging them. Well done ladies.

Photos show a member on the Virtual Lobby

"Cloudier" visited Daventry Country Park to show off her Climate Change scarf!