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 …
“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 …
5 non star weaving ways to participate in the One Billion Stars project Read More »
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.
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.
Next time you sit down to weave a star, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how weaving 4 strands of ribbon together can be fun and relaxing. We’re learning more everyday about how weaving is good for us. A quick search online can yield pages of how knitting, painting and sewing can benefit our mental health, …
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Star weaving can support learning in primary, secondary and adult education. Learn how teachers are integrating star weaving into primary schools.
