We’ve created a PDF of the One Billion Stars story that you can download and share. You can also click on the image and download away. One question I get asked a lot is if I can share some information with them about the project that they can pass on to others. While I tend to point […]
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We’ve created a simple star weaving PDF of instructions for you to download and print. These instructions also come in our 100 star weaving kits. Simply click on the image of instructions above and select download. Remember, you can create your own materials by cutting strips of paper or you might be able to buy
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The journey to weaving and collecting one million stars for display during the 2018 Commonwealth Games was a significant team effort between artists, communities and local governments. It started with one star, woven with despair and hope and a deep desire to find others to connect and weave with. The next step in our mission
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Bringing people together is a priority and prerequisite for change for One Billion Stars. Since the project’s inception in 2012, the value of community mobilisation to make any progress in women’s safety, awareness raising and education has been centred around our ability to find ways for people to engage, relate and stay connected. Our star
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“Do I need to be a star weaver to be part of the One Billion Stars project?” I get asked this question a lot and my answer is always: “Absolutely not.” Infact, there are so many other important roles in the One Billion Stars project that we need people to focus on so that we
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Prioritising our mental health as we embark on this journey is crucial for the wellbeing and safety of our star weaving community. I have no doubt there are star weavers out there that adore this project as much as I do and can’t imagine not having the stars in their lives. However, the flip side
A Star Weaver’s guide to taking care of our mental health. Read More »
Being consistent and showing up for long term projects, regardless of your feelings and circumstances can be really hard sometimes, or a lot of the time. I speak from 11 years experience of working on the stars project. As someone who is healing from severe depression, I’ve had to develop some strategies to manage my
10 strategies to help you be consistent and show up for your star weaving community. Read More »
Anyone who embarks on starting a new business or new creative project, will often be asked this simple question: But Why do you want to do this? Or you may have heard it asked in this way, What is your WHY? What is the need or problem you’re trying to solve? And who is the person
WHY – the most important question for our star weaving movement. Read More »
Star weaving is a form of non-violent activism to influence positive social and political change. Learn to weave a star & help create violence free communities.
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Read our summary of practical ways that we can stop, prevent and seek help from violence. It is all of our responsibility to work for safe communities.
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