This page provides some resources that may be helpful as you explore the Loving Earth Project questions, perhaps make a panel, and reflect on what love is calling you to do.
You’re welcome to download and use these resources for your own Loving Earth Project non-profit events but please acknowledge the Loving Earth Project, a project of the Quaker Arts Network .
This page provides resources in languages other than English.
Panel-making and workshop resources:
For a resource on exploring the Loving Earth questions on paper, see here.
Instructions for making a textile panel can be found here.
Guidance for using the youth meditation is here.
For a format for simple Loving Earth Project workshops, see here.
An outline for running your own mini-workshop is here.
Video resources:
For a video introduction to the Loving Earth Project, see here.
For a shorter introductory video suitable for social media, see here.
For a short guided meditation produced by Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre., see here. A shorter version for young people as well as all-age groups can be found here. A written version of the Loving Earth meditation, together with suggestions of different ways of deepening and sharing our responses to the questions, is here. You’re welcome to adapt these to your circumstances.
A video link to the Young People’s Loving Earth Meditation can be found here.
Our friends at Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre have made a series of creative tutorials demonstrated by workshop leader and artist, Lottie Percival, to inspire makers working on their Loving Earth Project panels. These educational workshops guide panel makers through many exciting and sustainable textile techniques they can use to create their designs. The introduction is here and other tutorials can be found here.
A video by Lottie Percival to get you started with some simple textile printing for panel-making can be found here.
Recordings of some Loving Earth Project conversations at the time of COP 26 are available here.
For a video about our exhibitions in Glasgow for COP26, see here.
Publications
Four books have been published based on the Loving Earth Project. They are now out of print, but some may still be available from the Quaker Bookshop .
Loving Earth: An Alphabet Book – This book presents textile art panels from the Loving Earth Project, illustrating how some of the things we love will be affected by climate change and environmental damage. Whatever their starting point, each panel-maker has also taken action to help reduce the risk of further harm. 60 pages; 15×15 cm; 26 colour illustrations. ISBN 978-1-7391405-1-9.
Animals and Their Homes: Some Threats and Ways to Help – This little book presents a rich variety of Loving Earth textile art panels, illustrating how beloved creatures and their habitats are being affected by environmental damage. The commentary combines scientific facts with personal insights, actions, and hopes of some of the many panel-makers. 76 pages; 15x15cm; 36 colour illustrations. ISBN 978-1-7391405-0-2
Out of Excuses: A Loving Earth Poetry Book – This book, edited by Tracey Martin, contains thirty-three full-page images of Loving Earth panels alongside poems by seventeen different poets on themes including love, protest, listening to the wind, and the blessings of the planet we call home. ISBN 978-1-7391405-2-6,
Caring for the World We Love: A Loving Earth Book for Kids (of All Ages) – This book for kids (of all ages), by Rici Marshall Cross, is in a slightly larger format than the first three Loving Earth books, 21×21 cm. It’s designed so it can be read by an adult to small children, and it’s suitable for older children or adults to read on their own. It works well as a general intro to the Loving Earth Project and can be used with all-age groups as a starting point for discussion. Includes 50 different textile panels and links directly to website to enable further exploration.