TURNS Thursday: Knitting for Climate (7 November 2024)

Knitting needles and red yarn.

Bring your knitting needles and join us to discuss sustainable cities! Please, sign up for the event below. There are only few places left!

Knitting for Climate – researcher talks

  • Time: Thursday 7 November 2024, at 17-19
  • Venue: Idealinna / Idea Castle, at the Culture House Laikku (Keskustori 4, Tampere)
  • Free entrance. TURNS provides some knitting needles and red yarn if needed.
  • The event is in English, but it is possible to organize a Finnish version later.
  • Sign up for the event >>> here (max. 10 people, accepted in registration order)
  • There is no need to know how to knit in advance!

TURNS Knitting for Climate Researcher Talks continues the series of public research discussions introduced in the TURNS+STUE Urban Picnic this May. The aim is to get together in some public or semi-public space, give informal speeches and discuss together the issues around sustainable cities and planetary well-being. This time, we do this in a sewing circle known as the Knitting for Climate.

Researcher talks during Knitting for Climate 

  • Riina Lundman: History of craftivism and presenting the concept of Knitting for Climate
  • Vilhelmiina Vainikka: More empathic, intersectional encounters in urban youth climate activism and schools

What is Knitting for Climate?

Knitting for Climate is a social movement of people using the art of knitting to express their concern over climate change and the inadequate political response to it.

The idea is to knit a red scarf with the measurements of 15 cm X 1,5 m. You can keep the scarf to yourself, give it to someone as a present, put it on a public statue, or – as the original idea is – send it to a politician.

Knitting for Climate can be done anywhere, at home, public spaces, cafes, libraries, lecture halls, online meetings… It is a sign that we care for the climate and our planet.

Read more here: Knitting for Climate

Welcome!

More information and possible cancellations: Riina Lundman (riina.lundman@tuni.fi)