Loving Earth Exhibition
Think of something you love: a place, a person or a thing
How will climate change and environmental breakdown affect them?
What action is needed to reduce the risk of harm?
What will you do to help?
These are the questions asked by the Loving Earth Project, initiated by Quakers in the UK, to get people thinking about what is happening and what they can do.
The Loving Earth Project is a community textile project celebrating some of the wonderful things threatened by growing environmental breakdown: people, places, creatures, and other things we love. It is helping people to engage creatively and constructively with these issues, without being overwhelmed. It’s also a way to share positive examples of change and why people have taken action for the sake of love. The panels have been displayed in many locations; a selection of the panels have also been exhibited in Glasgow for COP 26.
From 26th August to 6th September twenty-seven of the panels will be on display at Quaker House and open to the public to view.
Agenda:
25/08/2023
Launch of exhibition
6 pm – 7 pm
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Loving Earth exhibition, which will take place at Quaker House. No registration is needed.
26/08/2023 – 06/09/2023
Loving Earth exhibition
Open every day from 2 pm to 5 pm. The exhibition will be held at Quaker House (50 Square Ambiorix, Brussels 1000). No registration is needed.
26/08/2023
Panel making workshop
2 pm – 4 pm
Contribute to the Loving Earth Project by creating your own textile panel. Join us at Quaker House for the free workshop and we’ll help you get started: we’ll exchange ideas, share inspirations and try out techniques to create the panels.
The workshop is free and does not require any previous experience.
CLICK HERE to register!
30/08/2023
Poetry workshop
12 pm -1 pm
This in-person session will support you to write poems inspired by the panels that can then in turn inspire people to reflect and act. Using simple exercises, you’ll have the opportunity to write your own poems as well as enjoy some of these amazing images.
The workshop is free and does not require any previous experience.
CLICK HERE to register!
02/09/2023
Panel making workshop
11 am -1 pm
Contribute to the Loving Earth Project by creating your own textile panel! Join us at Quaker House for the free workshop and we’ll help you get started: we’ll exchange ideas, share inspirations and try out techniques to create the panels. Families are welcome!
The workshop is free and does not require any previous experience.
CLICK HERE to register!
05/09/2023
Open night
6:30 pm – 8 pm
An after work opportunity to spend time with the panels and share your reflections about the issues raised through a series of short facilitated conversations. Light refreshments will be served.