A celebration of the Eco Church Award Scheme in the Diocese of Exeter

You are warmly invited to an afternoon event celebrating the Eco Church scheme in Devon. Dave Bookless from A Rocha will be sharing a message, and we will hear inspiring stories from churches around the diocese. Come along and be inspired to take action in your parish and mission community.

The Right Reverend Bishop Jackie acting Bishop of Exeter will be honouring new Eco Churches at every level by presenting churches with their awards during the afternoon. In a fun twist on ‘rolling out the red carpet’ we will have the stunning Mossy Carpet for award achievers to walk along whilst contemplating how tiny mosses can have a big impact – a worthy reminder for us all!

There will be an eco update from the diocese as well as a variety of displays and stalls from environmental organisations working across the Devon. Come along and be refreshed and resourced in your journey to a more environmentally friendly church.

Could your church achieve an Eco Church award?

We are encouraging every church to sign up to the Eco Church scheme. Registering and adding your church is quick and easy and you will notice on filling out the survey how achievable many of the questions are. You may already be doing more than you realise.

We would love as many churches as possible to be honoured at this event. There is still enough time to register and achieve an award, or for bronze/silver churches to make the push for the next level before April - don’t delay, take action today!!

Delegates are very welcome to stay on for Evensong at the Cathedral focussed on caring for creation led by Reverend Canon Cate Edmonds from 4pm.

Questions about the event? Contact eco@exeter.anglican.org

Book your free place.

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be joining The Pioneers Project at their weekly Cafe Connect community café in Barne Barton, Plymouth. Wednesday 1st May, 10 - 11.30am.

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and a cuppa and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

More about the Cafe Connect Community Cafe:

In partnership with Barnardo’s, we deliver a community café called Café Connect supported by Starbucks, M&S, Tesco and Lidl. The café, open every Wednesday morning from 10am to 11.30am at The Barn Children’s Centre in Barne Barton, is open to everyone in the community. It is a donation-based, pay what you feel café.

Our collaboration with Starbucks UK through Neighbourly, means we are serving quality coffee, tea and hot chocolate, all available for a donation.

We also take advantage of food waste schemes with M&S, Tesco and Lidl and have a table of surplus food available for anyone attending to take home. This helps the supermarkets reduce their food waste and gives attendees access to fresh fruit, vegetables and bakery products, helping to upcycle.

Join Art and Energy’s Jenny and The Mossy Carpet for a free inclusive session all about mosses and creativity.

This session forms part of Shekinah’s Plymouth prospectus of events through The Learning Exchange project.

Please reserve your place by contacting Shekinah directly - email: learningexchange.plymouth@shekinah.co.uk

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be joining the Silver Linings Dementia inclusive social group at Southway Youth and Community Centre on Thursday 9th May, 10am - 12 noon.

£3 charge to include refreshments, all welcome.

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and a cuppa and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be joining the Crafters session at Elm Community Centre in Estover, Plymouth on Thursday 9th May, 12.30-4.30pm.

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Join Art and Energy for a free guided walk from Ivybridge train station up to Hangershell, Harford Moor with creative activities on the moor

A walk up on to Harford Moor from Ivybridge Railway station car park. This walk is about 2.5 miles (total up to 5 miles) on a gentle but stony or boggy incline that reaches the peak at Hangershell, where we will provide a drink and cake, and an opportunity to have a picnic. You don’t need to do the whole walk , and can turn back when you have had your fill.

Our guides will show us how the landscape has been formed. As we walk we will look for mosses that were the first plants on land 450m years ago. There will be stories of sphagnum moss, peat and carbon and climate change.

From commons to enclosed land, Dartmoor holds a long human history going back thousands of years still visible in the landscape. It also has pressure to grow food, provide leisure activities and an economy that keeps it all going. There will be people on hand to tell us more. There will be a farmer helping to guide us through the checks and balances that are chosen.

At the top there will be a chance to work with felted fleece, to plant sphagnum nests and to contemplate the carbon and energy in the view. The peatland formed around the oldest mountains on the planet through to the newest wind turbines and solar panels.

You can bring your own magic and art materials if you wish and share your ways of making in Dartmoor.

All welcome to join us.

Meet at Ivybridge railway station car park - free parking here for the duration of our event.

Art and Energy will bring The Mossy Carpet artwork along to this weekly crafting session at Devonport Library.

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

No need to book, just turn up on the day, everyone is welcome.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be joining the weekly social in Stonehouse with TimeBank SW on Wednesday 15th May, 3-5pm.

https://www.timebanksw.org/event/stonehouse-weekly-social/2024-05-15/

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

Timebank South West weekly socials provide opportunities for people in Plymouth to get together and socialise in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Stonehouse social is held weekly at Union Corner and its a great place to meet new people, share skills, arrange a swap, take part in an activity or just spend time chatting over a cup of tea and cake. The group love crafting, gardening and holding community events and most of all they love meeting new people, so come along and join in. Zoe Nile, Timebank Outreach Worker is there every Wednesday to support the group.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Tree's A Crowd - A Celebration of Trees!

Join us at Snapdragons to celebrate people and trees with workshops, folk music, dance, drinks and food!

Celebrate another fantastic Plymouth Urban Tree Festival on Saturday 18th May at Snapdragons off Victoria Park.

Trees and people come together with folk music and storytelling so we have the amazing Devon based Wren Music who have since 1983 have used folk arts to empower people from all backgrounds to make music and feel part of the community.

There will be willow and forest school workshops and we will be joined by Art and Energy Collective who will have their fabulous mossy carpet.

We will have a BBQ so bring along whatever you would like to go on that. You are also encouraged to bring your own drinks.

This event will kick off about 2pm with music on all afternoon and evening. We aim to be finished by 10pm.

All welcome!

Save the date and registration will be available soon!

Children to be accompanied by a responsible adult!

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be at the Spellbound Fairy and Goblin festival at the Soapbox Children’s Theatre on Sunday 19th May, 12 noon - 4pm.

We’ll be there with free family friendly creative activities, looking closely at mosses (maybe we’ll find a fairy hiding in her mossy nest!) and making woolly pompoms to add to The Mossy Carpet artwork.

The Festival will also run on Saturday 18th May but Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will not be there on this day).

Tickets need to be purchased to attend the Festival, more details and a booking link below:

Fairies and Goblins get your wings at the ready for this year’s enchanting Spellbound Fairy and Goblin Arts Festival at Stiltskin’s award winning Soapbox Children’s Theatre, Devonport Park, Plymouth.

With storytelling performances, theatre, arts and crafts. Come dressed to impress in your best fairy and goblin outfits, adults and children alike!

The festival is based in and around The Soapbox Children's Theatre in the beautiful Devonport Park, Plymouth. The majority of activities take place under cover, either in the theatre or in one of the many tents dotted around the site. So, come rain or shine we'll make sure you have a brilliant time!

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be at Plymouth Cathedral on Monday 20th May for a free drop in sew on session from 12 noon - 4pm.

All welcome to drop in and help us grow The Mossy Carpet artwork, we’ll be sewing on woolly pompoms and other textile pieces to our artwork. No experience necessary and we’ll provide all the materials needed.

This is also a great chance to drop off any pompoms or textile pieces you’ve been making and you can also donate any spare wool or yarn.

The Mossy Carpet will be at Plymouth Cathedral from 17th - 24th May for self guided sewing but join us on the 20th for an organised session with Art and Energy’s Jenny.

Delivered in partnership with Caritas - Diocese of Plymouth.

If you cannot come to the Cathedral but want to contribute, please contact caritas@prcdtr.org.uk

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Art and Energy are excited to bring The Mossy Carpet along to The Eden Project for May half term’s Festival of Imagination!

We’ll be there on Saturday 25th May and Sunday 2nd June, 11am - 4pm with free creative moss inspired activities and The Mossy Carpet exhibition on display.

All welcome to join us, our activities are free of charge but you will need to book tickets for the Eden Project to join us on the day.

The Festival of Imagination will feature across Eden with an abundance of creativity around each corner! From music and art, to literature and gaming, we’re celebrating the joy of exploring new ideas and experiences with fun for the whole family.

Festival of Imagination looks to give children in the South West access to art and culture that can inspire, empower and provoke questions.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Art and Energy are excited to bring The Mossy Carpet along to The Eden Project for May half term’s Festival of Imagination!

We’ll be there on Saturday 25th May and Sunday 2nd June, 11am - 4pm with free creative moss inspired activities and The Mossy Carpet exhibition on display.

All welcome to join us, our activities are free of charge but you will need to book tickets for the Eden Project to join us on the day.

The Festival of Imagination will feature across Eden with an abundance of creativity around each corner! From music and art, to literature and gaming, we’re celebrating the joy of exploring new ideas and experiences with fun for the whole family.

Festival of Imagination looks to give children in the South West access to art and culture that can inspire, empower and provoke questions.

Art and Energy will bring The Mossy Carpet artwork along to this weekly crafting session in Whitleigh.

We’ll be dropping in to this friendly group for a chat and to offer a spot of sewing to anyone who fancies helping us add handmade woolly pompoms to our artwork The Mossy Carpet. No sewing experience is needed and we’ll provide all the materials you need.

No need to book, just turn up on the day, everyone is welcome.

£1 suggested donation for tea/coffee.

If you’ve been busy making pompoms and other textile pieces for The Mossy Carpet then you can drop them off whilst we are at this event and we’d also love any donations of spare wool or yarn - thank you.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be at the Turn the Tide event in Dawlish on Saturday 8th June. We’ll be there with free family friendly activities, drop in any time to join in.

More details will be added soon.

Turn the Tide 2024 is a partnership event led by Dawlish Town Council with Turn the Tide CIC. On Saturday 8th June 2024 in Dawlish it's not only World Oceans Day, but also the Great Big Green Week gets off to a great start with a totally new experience on the Lawn. A giant inflatable whale with a theatre space inside will be a unique attraction. This will be surrounded by stalls related to the sea/ocean/environment with live music and inside the marquee we aim to have sustainable craft stalls with adjacent demonstrations.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Making and restoring the Moor at Challacombe Farm.

Meet at Challacombe Farm, there is some car parking on site but please car share where possible.

We will be celebrating progress with making The Mossy Carpet in the ruins of the first farmhouse built here. 

We will be looking for moss and helping to restore the wet and peaty areas of the farm. A short and easy tour of the farm will show the wide range of action taken to make this place special, a regenerative farm that looks to the future. 

Tea and cake will be offered during the event.

Challacombe Farm has a toilet on site. 

All welcome to join us

Art and Energy’s Chloe Uden will be a guest speaker and deliver a workshop at the Sustainable Earth 2024 event.

'Accelerating Action on Net-Zero through Mobilising People-Power' is a free online event and offers the opportunity for researchers, businesses, NGOs, community groups and individuals to come together to hear inspirational speakers, to network, spark ideas and encourage collaborations to tackle global and local challenges around the climate.

With talks from University of Plymouth researchers as well as industry experts and activists, our hope is that you will leave the event energised and equipped with the knowledge to advocate for and take action towards a Net-Zero future.

The free online event will run through the Net-Zero Exchange's online SpotMe platform and will run from 09:30 – 18:00 on the 19 June.

The day-long programme, includes:

• Two Keynote presentations, from Emily Morrison, Young Foundation and Mike Berners-Lee, Author of “How bad are bananas?”

• Over 12 guest speakers/chairs, for example from RIBA, British Gas, Plymouth Energy Community, Beryl Bikes, Bath & North East Somerset Council, University Hospitals Plymouth, Plymouth City Council.

• Over 12 University speakers/chairs, exploring a wide variety of disciplines engaged in this agenda.

• Three action-oriented workshops, providing case studies and sector findings, sharing tools and strategies to take action at all levels.

• A documentary screening of the film, Power to the People and after show Q&A.

Art and Energy will be at Exeter Phoenix every Friday morning from 12th April to 21st June. Come along any week, 10am to 12.30pm and you’ll find us in the Auditorium area.

We’re offering a lovely, relaxed space where you can grab a hot drink from the Exeter Phoenix Cafe and join us for a spot of stitching and sewing!

All these events are free of charge and everyone is welcome to drop in any time, you don’t need to stay for the full duration of the event. Come along as a one off or every week, you don’t need to commit and all your time is greatly appreciated.

Why sew-on?

Art and Energy have families, individuals, groups and schools making woolly pompoms and textile tufts for The Mossy Carpet but we really need your help to sew these creations on to our artwork! We’ll provide the needles and thread, you can bring your own if you prefer and if you’ve been making pompoms for us then bring those along too.

No sewing experience needed, we will be relaxed and chat as we sew so bring a friend or two and come and join us - we’d love to see you!

Everyone is welcome, children must be accompanied by an adult and if you’d like to bring a group along then you would be most welcome, you can email us to work out the details in advance if you prefer or just turn up on the day hello@artandenergy.org

Exeter Phoenix is also a pompom drop off space so if you’ve been making pompoms at home you can drop them off any time and we’ll add them to our sewing pile! Equally we’d love any donations of wool or yarn and you can drop this off too - thank you!

The Mossy Carpet:

The Mossy Carpet is a mass-participation artwork designed by the award winning Art and Energy Collective and made by all of us to celebrate all the tiny (and bigger) things that people are doing in response to the climate and ecological emergencies

In the run up to Exeter’s Green Phoenix Festival on June the 30th, Art and Energy will be holding these Mossy Carpet Sew-on Sessions and for people who would like to drop in and help us attach pompoms that have been sent in by groups to the carpet. During the festival on June 30th we will invite people to take a walk on the carpet and find out about all the wonderful things that are happening in our region.

Despite being tiny, Mosses make a huge difference for the health of our planet, cleaning air, preventing flooding and creating wild places for all of life to thrive. Mossy landscapes in Britain are incredibly important for bury carbon and store more carbon that rainforests. Find out more about magnificent mosses here!

You can celebrate all the small things you and the people you know are doing to make the world a better place by adding to the carpet and recording your message as we make this mega inspiring artwork for COP the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. 

If you’re unable to make it to one of these sew-on sessions, please feel free to use our free online resources and make pompoms with your group and drop them off at Exeter Phoenix reception.

Art and Energy will be bringing the The Mossy Carpet to The Box, Plymouth on Saturday 22nd June for Plymouth’s Big Green Trail event.

The Mossy Carpet will be on display in all its glory! We currently have 40 metres but perhaps it will have grown further by then. We have wet and dry weather options so you are guaranteed to find us at The Box on the day.

We’ll have free hands on creative moss inspired activities to help grow The Mossy Carpet even further and there will be the opportunity to take your shoes off and talk a walk of fame along the carpet and celebrate all your tiny actions to help make the world a better place. There will also be some performance pieces on and around The Mossy Carpet too!

More details will be added soon.

A fun, family friendly event, highlighting all the wonderful green and blue sustainable projects we have within Plymouth that you can reach - all without using your car! The aim is to promote the use of active and sustainable travel (walking and cycling) as well as sharing some fantastic stories within Plymouth. We have free use of Beryl Bikes on the day and a wide variety of wonderful places and spaces to visit. It will also be a day to celebrate our local climate legends - those unsung heroes in our communities taking climate action every day. The Big Green Trail will be focused in the city centre and we've got lots of fantastic community partners involved. 

Art and Energy’s The Mossy Carpet will be at Exeter Phoenix’s Green Festival on Sunday 30th June 2024.

More details coming soon.

GREEN PHOENIX FESTIVAL

We are excited to present Exeter Phoenix’s first Green Phoenix Festival! Inspiring a Sustainable Future through a day of creativity and action.

Delivered in partnership with Ethical Power and a wide range of local groups, organisations and individuals, this festival will be an opportunity to raise awareness of the climate crisis, shine a light on the many ways that we can all do our bit and to celebrate the excellent work taking place locally.

Over the course of the day we will be offering a packed programme of presentations, panel discussions, workshops and creative activities completely free of charge to the local community. Some of this activity includes:

ACOUSTIC RAVE | SOUP MAKING | OPEN MIC | DROP-IN CRAFTS | ART DISPLAYS | FILM SCREENING | TREASURE HUNT | STALLS

…and much more to be announced!

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/green-phoenix-festival/

Art and Energy and The Mossy Carpet will be at Paignton Library on Tuesday 9th July.

We’ll have free moss inspired creative activities to help grow The Mossy Carpet and some story telling sessions for little ones to enjoy! Everyone welcome to join us at this free event.

More details including timings will be confirmed soon.

Trowlesworthy Farm Creative Picnic  

A walk and creative picnic to Trowlesworthy Farm, a place that holds ancient history, wildlife of special significance, a beautiful river. This farm grazes animals on it’s commons, and hopes to make the most of it’s amazing and atmospheric features to visitors. Bex Blades will take us on a tour from Cadover Bridge of about 2 miles, some of it over rough ground and uphill. (4 miles in total.) 

We will make fleece nests and embroidered mossy blankets to grow sphagnum moss for repair od peatland. 

Toilet on site. 

Meet at Cadover Bridge carpark (free parking here)

Art and Energy will be at Summer at the Quayside, Exeter Quay on Wednesday 7th August, 11am - 3pm.

We’ll be at the Transit Shed offering free, family friendly creative activities and everyone is welcome - no need to book.

More details coming soon.

Details about the full summer of activities.